#11 Volleyball Faces #8 Arizona State For Spot in Elite Eight

2025 NCAA Tournament - Regional Semifinal
Match #33: #11 Creighton Bluejays (27-5) vs. #8 Arizona State Sun Devils (28-3)
Lexington, Ky. • Memorial Coliseum • Thursday, Dec. 11 • 12:00 p.m. Central
| LIVE VIDEO | LIVE STATS | CU NOTES |

Next Up
Tenth-seeded and No. 11 ranked Creighton returns to its third consecutive Regional Semifinal on Thursday when it takes on eighth-ranked and seventh-seeded Arizona State (28-3).
The match will start at 12 p.m. Central inside Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Ky.
Thursday's Regional Semifinal winners will face off on Saturday in the Regional Final (time TBD) with a trip to the Final Four on the line.

Broadcast Information
All three matches will be broadcast on ESPN2. It can also be viewed via http://WatchESPN.com. Kevin Barnett, Missy Whittemore and Dawn Davenport will broadcast the action.

Live Stats Information
Links to live stats for the NCAA Tournament will be placed on the Creighton Volleyball Schedule page at GoCreighton.com.

Scouting #11 Creighton
Ranked No. 11 nationally and the No. 10 overall seed, Creighton enters the Sweet 16 with a 27-5 record thanks to 22 straight victories. The Bluejays went 16-0 in BIG EAST play, dropping just four sets in league action, en route to a 12th consecutive BIG EAST regular-season title, then swept both BIG EAST Tournament matches to win a sixth straight postseason title. Last week CU defeated Northern Colorado (3-2) and Northern Iowa (3-1) to reach its fifth Sweet 16 since 2015.
Seniors Ava Martin (4.49 kps., 0.41 saps., .327%), Kiara Reinhardt (2.49 kps., .436%, 1.02 bps.) and Annalea Maeder (10.69 aps., 0.41 saps.) are playing at an All-American level to lead the Bluejays.
Saige Damrow (2.63 dps.) and Sydney Breissinger (3.03 dps., 0.36 saps.) have both seen time at libero and along with Nora Wurtz (0.60 saps.) have helped the Bluejays rank fourth nationally with 2.16 aces per set as a team.
CU averages 14.05 kills, 13.67 digs and 2.22 blocks per set while hitting .292.
Scouting #8 Arizona State
Arizona State is 28-3 and the No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament after a dominant 17-1 run through the Big 12 Conference and wins over Coppin State and Utah State last weekend in Tempe. ASU's lone losses were against Pittsburgh, Texas and Iowa State, and the Sun Devils own a 10-match win streak.
Big 12 Player of the Year Noemie Glover (4.23 kps., .357%, 1.13 bps.), as well as Bailey Miller (3.33 kps.) and Colby Neal (1.44 kps., 1.50 bps., .413%) were all named First Team All-Big 12. That trio is are complemented by setters Sydney Henry (6.90 aps.) and Brynn Covell (4.22 aps.).
The Sun Devils average 13.39 kills, 13.39 digs, 2.87 blocks and 1.42 aces per set and hit .281 as a team.

Series History vs. Arizona State
Arizona State won the only previous meeting with Creighton, sweeping the Bluejays (30-18, 30-11, 30-20) on Sept. 7, 2002 at the South Carolina Classic in Columbia, S.C.
Julianna Escobar led ASU with 12 kills and hit .588, while Ashley Williams provided six kills to pace CU that day.
Brian Rosen has never faced Arizona State as a head coach, nor JJ Van Niel. Van Niel has never faced Creighton, but the USC teams he was an assistant coach with from 2018-22 went 1-4 against the Jays.

Creighton Coaches
Brian Rosen was named the fourth head coach in modern Creighton Volleyball history on April 6, 2025, as he was promoted following the departure of 22-year head coach Kirsten Bernthal Booth. He is 27-5 as Creighton head coach, defeating No. 14 Kansas on Aug. 31 for his first win on the Bluejay sideline. He became the BIG EAST's first rookie head coach since 2014 to win 20+ matches in his first year in the league, and the only rookie head coach in league history to win multiple NCAA Tournament matches.
Named the 2024 AVCA National Assistant Coach of the Year, Rosen served as a Creighton assistant from 2022-24, during which time CU went 88-13, swept the BIG EAST regular-season and tournament tiles each fall, and defeated 10 Top 25 opponents.
Rosen led Creighton to the BIG EAST regular-season and Tournament titles in 2025 and a return to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.
The 2008 South Carolina grad went 45-17 as head coach at Division II Nova Southeastern from 2019-21, though the 2020 season was cancelled due to COVID-19 without playing a match.
Rosen is assisted by Angie Oxley Behrens, Adam Kessenich and Izzy Ashburn.

With A Win...
With a win on Thurscay against Arizona State, Creighton would...
- Stretch its season-chigh win streak to 23, tied for the second-longest win streak in program history.
- Improve to 20-14 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, including a 3-2 mark in the Regional Semifinals.
- Improve to 1-1 all-time against Arizona State.
- Stretch its win streak over Big 12 Conference teams to eight, including a 3-0 mark this fall.
- Win 28 or more matches for the seventh time, all since 2012.
- Earn itself a trip to its third Regional Final in program history, and second in a row.
- The Volleyball program will join the Men's Soccer program (in 2002-03, 2011-12 and 2014-15) as the only programs in the history of Creighton Athletics history to make back-to-back Elite Eights.
- Brian Rosen will join former Men's Soccer coach Elmar Bolowich as the second head coach in the history of Creighton Athletics to take his first team to an Elite Eight, and also join Bolowich as the second head coach in the history of Creighton Athletics to win his first three NCAA Tournament games/matches.

Milestone Watch
Creighton's student-athletes are approaching all sorts of milestones heading into the week...
- Nora Wurtz owns 57 aces, two shy of Molly Moran (59 in 2000) to set the CU single-season record.
- Ava Martin is two kills away from being the third player in CU history with at least 500 kills in a season, joining Jaali Winters (546 in 2015) and Leah Ratzlaff (516 in 2003).
- Ava Martin is 15 kills behind Leah Ratzlaff (1,622) for third-most in Creighton history for a career.
- Ava Martin owns 153 career NCAA Tournament kills, just 22 behind Jaali Winters (175) for the CU record.
- Saige Damrow is two digs from reaching 400 in her career.
- Kiara Reinhardt can set a program record by appearing in her 12th career NCAA Tournment match, and tie Jaali Winters with her 11th career NCAA Tournament start.
- Destiny Ndam-Simpson is one kill shy of 250.
- Annalea Maeder is 54 assists shy of 4,000 in her career and five digs short of 1,100.

Creighton's NCAA Tournament History
Creighton is making its 15th appearance in the NCAA Tournament in the past 16 years after earning a 14th straight bid to the Big Dance. The Bluejays made their NCAA debut in 2010 and have been in every tournament since then with the exception of 2011.
The Bluejays are 19-14 in those 15 appearances, and have knocked off the likes of Iowa State (2010 and 2019), Marquette (2012), Arkansas (2013), Coastal Carolina (2015 and 2017), No. 23 North Carolina (2015), Northern Iowa (2016 and 2025), No. 4 Kansas (2016), No. 17 Michigan (2016), South Dakota (2018 and 2024), Ole Miss (2021 and 2024), Colgate (2023), Minnesota (2023), No. 13 Texas (2024), Northern Colorado (2025).
Creighton is 12-3 in First Round play, 5-7 in the Second Round, 2-2 in the Regional Semifinals and 0-2 in the Regional Finals. The Bluejays are 9-4 at home, 8-4 in neutral-site matches and 2-6 in true road matches.
Brian Rosen is in the NCAA Tournament for the first time as Creighton head coach, going 2-0 in the postseason with the Jays so far.

NCAA Tourney Streak
The inclusion of Creighton Volleyball into the 2025 NCAA Tournament extends an impressive streak for Bluejay athletics.
This year marks the 39th straight academic calendar year that Creighton has had at least one NCAA Tournament team.

14 Straight NCAA's
Creighton Volleyball has made the NCAA Tournament in each of the last 14 seasons. They are the first women's team in any sport at Creighton to make 14 straight NCAA Tournament appearances.
The only other sport in Creighton history to make even 10 straight NCAA Tournament appearances is the men's soccer program, which qualified in 17 straight seasons from 1992-2008.
Creighton is one of seven teams nationally to have appeared in each of the last 14 NCAA Tournaments (2012-25). That group features BYU, Creighton, Florida, Kentucky, Nebraska, Penn State and Texas.

There are also nine schools that have appeared in 15 of the last 16 NCAA Tournaments, a group that includes Creighton, Minnesota, Purdue and Stanford. Florida, Kentucky, Nebraska, Penn State, and Texas have appeared in every NCAA Tournament since at least 2010.

ASU/Creighton Connections
Creighton and Arizona State don't have much in common, but there's a few items.
Since resuming its volleyball program in 1994, Creighton has not had a single player from the state of Arizona.
Arizona has two players from the Omaha metro area on the roster. Estella Zatechka is from Omaha and attended Elkhorn South High School. Faith Frame is from Gretna and went to Papillion La Vista High School. Faith's sister, Ensley Frame, played softball at Creighton in 2023 and 2024, appearing in 66 games.
The younger sister of Creighton star Ava Martin, Grace Martin, recently signed a letter-of-intent to play volleyball at Arizona State next year.
Creighton and Arizona State are two of 20 schools nationally with at least one NCAA Tournament win in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Creighton's lone player to ever have faced Arizona State is setter Annalea Maeder, who squared off against the Sun Devils six times between 2021-23 when she was at Cal.

Top Squads
Arizona State has made a historic turnaround in the past three years, going 86-13 under JJ Van Niel. As good as that is, Creighton's been even better, going 88-13 since the start of the 2023 season.
Nationally, Creighton's 88 victories in the past three years rank tied for third-most nationally, trailing only two teams who have been regulars in the Final Four in recent seasons.
Most Wins, Last 3 Years (2023-25)
Team W-L
Nebraska 98-5
Pittsburgh 90-11
Creighton 88-13
Arizona State 86-13
Dayton 86-13
Stanford 86-13
Western Kentucky 85-18
Louisville 83-17
Wisconsin 82-15

Common Opponents
Creighton and Arizona State share four common opponents this fall.
Creighton has defeated both Northern Iowa and Kansas twice, while ASU has beaten both teams once.
Both teams were swept by Texas. Creighton lost to Penn State, while ASU topped Penn State.
vs. Common Opponents
Opponent CU Score ASU Score
Kansas W 3-2 W 3-2
W 3-0 --
Northern Iowa W 3-0 W 3-0
W 3-1 --
Penn State L 0-3 W 3-1
Texas L 0-3 L 0-3

Against NCAA Tournament Teams
Creighton is 13-5 so far this fall against teams in the field of 64, while Arizona State went 13-3 against NCAA Tournament qualifiers.
In 18 matches this fall against NCAA Tournament teams, Ava Martin has averaged 4.60 kills per set and hit .315, Kiara Reinhardt averages 2.45 kills and 1.03 blocks per set while hitting .426, Annalea Maeder averaged 10.98 assists per set and Saige Damrow averaged 3.18 digs per set.
The Jays hit .266 and averaged 13.97 kills, 1.52 aces, 14.71 digs and 2.34 blocks per set.

vs. NCAA Tournament Teams
Opponent CU Score ASU Score
Arizona -- W 3-1
Baylor -- W 3-0
BYU -- W 3-2
Colorado -- W 3-1
-- W 3-2
Coppin State -- W 3-0
Iowa State -- L 2-3
Kansas W 3-2 W 3-2
W 3-0 --
Kansas State -- W 3-0
Louisville L 1-3 --
Marquette W 3-0 --
W 3-2 --
W 3-0 --
Nebraska L 2-3 --
Northern Colorado W 3-0 --
Northern Iowa W 3-0 W 3-0
W 3-1 --
Penn State L 0-3 W 3-1
Pittsburgh -- L 0-3
Rice W 3-0 --
San Diego W 3-1 --
South Florida W 3-0 --
Texas L 0-3 L 0-3
USC L 0-3 --
Utah -- W 3-0
-- W 3-1
Utah State -- W 3-1
Xavier W 3-0 --
W 3-0 --

First Set is Key
The first set is always important, but might be even moreso on Thursday vs. Arizona State.
Creighton is 26-1 this year when winning the first set, while Arizona State is 23-1 when winning the opener.
During Creighton's 22-match win streak, it has won the first set in all 22 contests.
Beyond the first set, Creighton is 22-1 when winning the second set and 22-0 when winning the third set, while Arizona State is 22-0 when winning the second set and 20-0 when winning the third frame.
Creighton is 7-1 when winning the fourth set while ASU is 15-1.
Both teams are 4-1 in five-set matches this year.

Memorial Coliseum Memories
This weekend won't be Creighton's first trip to Memorial Coliseum. In fact, it's been home to a few memorable victories.
Creighton went 3-0 in its last trip to Lexington with wins over USC (3-2), No. 3 Kentucky (3-0) and Northern Iowa (3-0) to win the Bluegrass Battle. That win over UK remains tied for the highest-ranked team that Creighton has ever beaten, and was the Wildcats first loss after winning the 2020 national title (in Omaha, no less).
In 2014, Creighton went 1-2 at the Commonwealth Classic. The Jays pulled a reverse sweep over Northern Iowa before falling to No. 6 USC (3-1) and No. 16 Kentucky (3-0).

Kind of a BIG Deal
In addition to winning 53 straight matches against BIG EAST competition, Creighton has also done rather well against the Big 12 Conference in recent seasons.
Creighton has won seven consecutive matches against teams from the Big 12, with each of the last three victories coming over a ranked Kansas team.
Date Opponent Result
08/26/22 vs. Iowa State W 3-0
09/17/22 vs. Kansas State W 3-1
09/10/23 vs. Iowa State W 3-1
09/07/24 Kansas State W 3-0
09/21/24 vs. #10 Kansas W 3-0
08/31/25 vs. #14 Kansas W 3-2
09/21/25 #17 Kansas W 3-0

Advance In The Dance
Creighton is one of nine schools to appear in the Regional Semifinals each of the last three NCAA Tournaments (2023-25), joining Kentucky, Louisville, Nebraska, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Stanford, Texas and Wisconsin. Creighton has won a First Round match at the NCAA Tournament in each of the last three seasons (2023-25). Nationally, only 20 schools have done that: Arizona State, Baylor, Creighton, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Marquette, Miami (Fla.), Minnesota, Nebraska, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Purdue, SMU, Stanford, TCU, Texas, USC and Wisconsin.
Looking ahead, seven of the eight teams in last year 's Elite Eight are still alive in this year's postseason. Ironically, the one team that isn't is last year's champion, Penn State.

The Gauntlet
Creighton has played the nation's second-toughest schedule, and also ranks among the national leaders in Top 50 wins and matches vs. Top 50 opponents.
The Sun Devils went 17-1 against a Big 12 Conference (the nation's #1 RPI league) that sent 10 teams to the NCAA Tournament, and own the ninth-toughest schedule in the nation
Creighton was 18-0 (including the league tournament) against the BIG EAST Conference (the nation's #5 league) and faced the second-toughest schedule nationally.
Most RPI Top 50 Wins in 2025 (12/10)
Top 50 W's School
17 Nebraska, Arizona State
15 Creighton
13 Pittsburgh
12 Texas, Stanford, Wisconsin, Purdue

Most RPI Top 50 Matches in 2025 (12/10)
Top 50 MP's School
20 Creighton, Arizona State, Kansas
19 TCU
18 Utah

Seed History
No fewer than 10-of-16 seeds have reached the Sweet 16 in each of the previous 25 seasons (including 2025).
On average in that time, 12.92 of the 16 seeds have advanced each year, or roughly 80.8 percent.
The only times that all 16 seeds advanced to the Sweet 16 was in both 2001 and 2003.
This year 15 of the 16 seeded teams advanced, as all but USC reached the Sweet 16.
Year Seeds to Sweet 16?
2025 15/16
2024 11/16
2023 13/16
2022 15/16
2021 14/16
2020 14/16
2019 13/16
2018 12/16
2017 11/16
2016 12/16
2015 13/16
2014 13/16
2013 11/16
2012 12/15
2011 11/16
2010 11/16
2009 12/16
2008 13/16
2007 10/16
2006 15/16
2005 13/16
2004 14/16
2003 16/16
2002 13/16
2001 16/16

How Sweet It Is
Creighton has made five Sweet 16s, all of which have come in the 11 seasons from 2015-25.
Creighton is one of 46 schools to have made a Sweet 16 since 2015, but only 16 of those teams have been there five times or more in that span.
Here's that list:
Most Sweet 16s, Last 11 Seasons (2015-25)
Sweet 16s School
11 Nebraska
11 Texas
11 Wisconsin
9 Minnesota
9 Penn State
8 Florida
8 Kentucky
8 Stanford
7 Louisville
6 BYU
6 Pittsburgh
6 Purdue
6 Washington
5 Creighton
5 Ohio State
5 Oregon
4 Baylor
4 Illinois
4 UCLA

Making History
This is Creighton Volleyball's third straight trip to the Sweet 16. In the history of Creighton Athletics, the only other program to make three consecutive Sweet 16 trips is the men's soccer program, whcih made four straight trips to the Sweet 16 from 2002-05, a well as three in a row from 2014-16.
Brian Rosen is the second coach in the history of Creighton Athletics to win his first two NCAA Tournament games/matches. He joins former men's soccer coach Elmar Bolowich, who won his first three games in 2011 before a shootout loss in his fourth match at the College Cup.
And in NCAA Tournaments with 32 teams or more across all soprts, Rosen joined Bolowich as the second CU coach to make a Sweet 16 or Elite Eight in his first year as a Creighton head coach.

Seed Value
Creighton is a top 16 national seed in the NCAA Tournament for the eighth time in the past 11 seasons. Only 10 schools in the country can say that, as seen below:
Rk. School Top 16 Seeds Since 2015
1. Nebraska 11
Texas 11
3. Wisconsin 10
4. Minnesota 9
Kentucky 9
Stanford 9
7. Creighton 8
BYU 8
Florida 8
Penn State 8

Host With The Most
Creighton hosted the NCAA Tournament for the seventh time in program history last weekend, all of which have come since 2017.
It was also the fifth straight year that the Bluejays have hosted the opening weekend, something only seven schools (Creighton, Kentucky, Louisville, Nebraska, Pittsburgh, Texas and Wisconsin) can claim.
Creighton is 6-1 in the First Round and 3-3 in the Second Round as host, advancing to the Sweet 16 in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Piling Up The Wins
Creighton is one three schools to win 27 matches or more each of the last five seasons (2021-25), joining Pittsburgh and Western Kentucky. Louisville, with 26 wins entering Friday, can get there with a return a victory over Texas A&M on Friday in Lincoln.

Back On The Block
Creighton led the nation with 27.5 blocks last weekend, with a season-high 14.5 blocks on Friday vs. Northern Colorado before adding 13 more rejections vs. UNI on Saturday.
Eloise Brandewie and Kiara Reinhardt both had 13 blocks on the weekend, tied for second-most in the country.
Before last weekend, Creighton had not had 10 or more blocks in any match since Oct. 11 at Villanova. It's also the most blocks over any two-match span since owning 32 blocks versus Marquette (10.0) and DePaul (22) on Oct. 14 & 16, 2022.

Winter Hayes
Freshman Abbey Hayes showed no fear in her first NCAA Tournament matches last weekend.
She had nine kills and added 11 digs and three blocks in Thursday's win over Northern Colorado.
One day later she recorded her second double-double with 12 kills and 10 digs while also adding three blocks and two service aces.
Hayes has averaged 9.8 kills and 8.0 digs in the last four matches, which consists of CU's BIG EAST and NCAA Tournament competitions.
Here's a list of Creighton's NCAA Tournament double-doubles by freshmen:
20k, 10d - Jaali Winters vs. Coastal Carolina 12-04-15
21k, 21d - Jaali Winters at North Carolina 12-05-15
18k, 18d - Keeley Davis at Minnesota 12-07-19
16k, 10d - Norah Sis vs. Ole Miss 12-02-21
17k, 10d - Norah Sis vs. Kansas 12-03-21
45a, 15d - Kendra Wait vs. Kansas 12-03-21
11a, 14d - Sydney Breissinger vs. Louisville 12-07-23
12k, 10d - Abbey Hayes vs. Northern Iowa 12-05-25

Jaya Steps Up
One of Creighton's best players in last year's Penn State Regional was Jaya Johnson.
Last year Johnson hit .667 and had nine kills when Creighton beat Texas in the Sweet 16, then added eight kills at Penn State in the Regional Final.
More recently, Johnson has had 11 or more kills in each of CU's last three matches, finishing with a dozen against both Xavier and Northern Colorado and adding 11 more vs. UNI. In those contests, she's hit a robust .354 (35-7-79).
Creighton is 8-0 this season and 10-0 all-time when Johnson owns 10 or more kills.

Maeder Goes 50/20
Annalea Maeder's finished her NCAA Tournament debut with 53 assists and 21 digs.
The 21 digs were a career-high and the most by any Bluejay all season.
She became the eighth different player in CU history to attain at least 20 assists and 20 digs in the same match, but the first to do it in an NCAA Tournament match.
It was Maeder's team-leading 13th double-double this fall.
20 Assists, 20 Digs In A Match
A D Name Opp. Date
47 22 Melissa Weisensee Bradley (4s) 9/9/94
51 21 Melissa Weisensee at Wichita State (5s) 9/14/96
53 24 Melissa Weisensee at Indiana State (5s) 10/18/96
40 23 Melissa Weisensee at Drake (5s) 9/13/97
46 38 Melissa Weisensee Evansville (4s) 10/10/97
46 21 Melissa Weisensee Missouri State (4s) 10/31/97
65 22 Melissa Weisensee at Evansville (5s) 11/8/97
55 28 Kailey Reyes Evansville (5s) 9/11/99
65 24 Kailey Reyes Illinois State (4s) 9/24/99
40 21 Kailey Reyes Missouri State (4s) 11/6/99
49 28 Kailey Reyes at Illinois State (4s) 10/13/00
44 23 Kailey Reyes Bradley (4s) 10/28/00
64 23 Kailey Reyes at Evansville (5s) 11/4/00
45 20 Kailey Reyes vs. Evansville (4g) 11/24/00
54 22 Brittany Coleman at Illinois State (4s) 10/18/03
62 21 Brittany Coleman at So. Illinois (4s) 10/29/04
71 20 Korie Lebeda at Evansville (5s) 11/18/06
27 20 Michelle Sicner Illinois State (4s) 9/30/11
44 21 Michelle Sicner Xavier (4s) 11/29/13
41 20 Lydia Dimke vs. Wichita State (5s) 8/27/16
40 21 Kendra Wait at Marquette (4s) 10/29/21
59 36 Kendra Wait vs. Florida State (5s) 9/9/22
56 24 Kendra Wait at Rice (5s) 9/18/22
60 20 Kendra Wait #14 Marquette (5s) 11/26/22
43 22 Kendra Wait Northern Iowa (4s) 9/3/23
42 22 Kendra Wait at #9 Minnesota (5s) 9/16/23
45 26 Kendra Wait at Xavier (5s) 9/23/23
53 21 Annalea Maeder Northern Colorado (5s) 12/4/25

Two Of The Best
Creighton's Ava Martin and Arizona State's Noemie Glover are two of the most prolific, and efficient, attackers in the country.
In fact, the respective league Player of the Year's are two of just six players nationwide with more than 400 kills who are hitting .325 or better. All six of those players are on teams that reached the Sweet 16.
Last year, the only players with more than 400 kills who hit .325 or better was Kennedy Martin, who was then with Florida.
400+ KIlls, .325 Hitting Percentage
K Hit% Name, School
582 .329 Olivia Babcock, Pittsburgh
516 .340 Mimi Colyer, Wisconsin
503 .378 Malaya Jones, SMU
498 .327 Ava Martin, Creighton
486 .359 Torrey Stafford, Texas
406 .357 Noemie Glover, Arizona State

Tourney Veterans
Before last weekend, eight members on this year's Creighton team have previously played for the Bluejays in the NCAA Tournament. Kiara Reinhardt had played in four tournaments, Ava Martin and Sky McCune in three each, Sydney Breissinger and Destiny Ndam-Simpson in two tourneys and Jaya Johnson, Alivia Hausmann and Ava TeStrake in one tourney each as Bluejays.
Additionally, Ivy Leuck played for Omaha's NCAA Tournament team in 2023.

BIG EAST Goes Big Time
The BIG EAST tied a league record as three teams made the NCAA Tournament field. Creighton, Xavier and Marquette all earned a bid.
Last year the league combined for five NCAA Tournament victories, a single-season high.
This year the league has three victories, as Creighton has two and Marquette had one before being eliminated by Louisville.
The only BIG EAST team to ever reach the Regional Final were the 2016 and 2024 Creighton teams.

Crowd Report
Creighton attracted crowds of 2,527 and 2,554 fans last weekend when hosting the NCAA Tournament, two of the top 11 crowds in the 17-year history of D.J. Sokol Arena.
That ranked 10th-best of 16 sites that hosted NCAA Tournament play last weekend.
Host School Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Total
Nebraska 8,656 8,601 17,257
Texas A&M 5,830 5,354 11,184
Wisconsin 4,465 5,371 9,836
Pittsburgh 4,240 4,149 8,389
Kentucky 3,572 4,422 7,994
Texas 3,947 3,918 7,865
Minnesota 4,341 3,517 7,858
Arizona State 2,951 3,424 6,375
Stanford 3,234 2,330 5,564
Creighton 2,527 2,554 5,081
Purdue 2,415 1,808 4,223
SMU 2,028 1,977 4,005
USC 1,830 2,173 4,003
Indiana 1,815 1,937 3,752
Kansas 1,607 1,797 3,404
Louisville 1,181 1,098 2,279

Record Watch
Ava Martin, Kiara Reinhardt and Nora Wurtz are all in the top three of various single-season Creighton records.
Kills
Name Sets No. Year
1. Jaali Winters 134 546 2015
2. Leah Ratzlaff 115 516 2003
3. Ava Martin 111 498 2025

Kills Per Set
Name Sets No. Avg. Year
1. Leah Ratzlaff 106 479 4.52 2004
2. Leah Ratzlaff 115 516 4.4870 2003
3. Ava Martin 111 498 4.4865 2025

Attack Percentage (Min. 200 kills)
Name K E Att. Pct. Year
1. Kiara Reinhardt 271 59 486 .436 2025
2. Kiana Schmitt 307 75 612 .379 2023
3. Elise Goetzinger 266 73 513 .376 2024

Service Aces
Name Sets No. Year
1. Molly Moran 105 59 2000
2. Nora Wurtz 95 57 2025
3. Ava Martin 117 56 2024

Service Aces Per Set (Min. 20 SA)
Name Sets No. Avg. Year
1. Nora Wurtz 95 57 0.600 2025
2. Molly Moran 105 59 0.562 2000
3. Molly Moran 94 47 0.500 2001

Points, Individual (Category started in 2001)
Pts. Name K SA BS BA Year
595.5 Jaali Winters 546 18 4 55 2015
574.0 Leah Ratzlaff 516 28 11 38 2003
563.0 Ava Martin 498 46 2 34 2025
Points Per Set, Individual (min. 50 sets played)
PPS Name Pts. SP Year
5.07 Ava Martin 563.0 111 2025
5.06 Leah Ratzlaff 536.5 106 2004
4.99 Leah Ratzlaff 574.0 115 2003

12 Straight BIG EAST Regular-Season Titles
Creighton (2014-25) is the first team in BIG EAST volleyball history to win 12 straight regular-season titles. The previous record had been seven by Notre Dame from 1999-2005.
The Bluejay volleyball team is also the first Creighton program in any sport to win more than five straight league titles, more than doubling the previous high of five in a row by the men's soccer program (1992-96) in the MVC.
The only other volleyball team nationally with an active streak of more than six straight regular-season league titles is Kentucky, which won its ninth consecutive SEC crown this year.
Creighton's 12 straight regular-season titles rank third-longest in NCAA history, trailing only Florida's 18 straight SEC titles from 1991-2008 and Hawaii's 16 consecutive WAC crowns from 1996-2011.

Champions Among Champions
Since the start of the 2012 season, Creighton, and Western Kentucky are the nation's only schools to have won 13 or more conference regular-season titles. All but three of Creighton's 12 crowns were outright titles, whereas WKU has shared six championships..
Creighton has also won 12 conference tournament titles since 2012, the most in the nation.
Most Conference Titles 2012-2025
Regular-Season League Tournament
13 (3 shared) Creighton 12 Creighton
13 (6) Western Kentucky 11 Western Kentucky
12 (1) Fairfield 10 Fairfield
11 (1) Texas

Martin Doing Something Special
Ava Martin had 30 kills last Thursday vs. Northern Colorado, one of her most dominating performances in a career full of them.
Considering the following about the sensational senior...
Martin's 30 kills tied her career-high, also done vs. Marquette on Nov. 1, 2025.
It made Martin the only player in CU history with multiple matches of 30+ kills.
It tied the D.J. Sokol Arena record that she did vs. Marquette on Nov. 1, 2025 and first accomplished by Norah Sis vs. Auburn in a 2022 NCAA Tournament match.
It tied Sis' match vs. Auburn in the 2022 NCAA Tournament for the most by any Bluejay in an NCAA Tournament contest.
Martin's 34.5 points in the match were the most by a Bluejay ever in any match since 2001, when points were first tracked nationally. It was also a D.J. Sokol Arena record.

Martin Takes The Fifth
Ava Martin had eight kills in 14 swings during the fifth set against Northern Colorado on Dec. 4. In five matches this season to go five sets, Martin has averaged 23.4 kills per match on .323 hitting.
In the fifth set alone this fall, Martin has 18 kills (3.60 kills per set) and just one error in 42 swings, good for a .405 hitting percentage.
As a team, Creighton has hit .400 in the fifth set this year, owning 47 kills and just five errors in 105 swings. CU has not had an attack error in the fifth set during three of those five matches (UCSB, Marquette, Northern Colorado).

All-Tourney Trio
Creighton had three women named to the All-BIG EAST Tournament Team, as Ava Martin, Annalea Maeder and Jaya Johnson were recognized.
Martin brought home MVP honors as she averaged 6.83 kills and 1.83 digs per set on .438 hitting. It's her fourth career All-BIG EAST Tournament accolade, joining Kendra Wait as the second Bluejay to do so four times.
Maeder averaged 15.00 assists, 3.00 digs, .50 blocks, .33 kills and .33 aces per set. Creighton hit .369 as a team and averaged 17.67 kills per set en route to the title.
Johnson hit .562 and averaged 3.33 kills and 1.17 digs per set.

Martin Named National Player of the Week
Ava Martin picked up National Player of the Week honors from the American Volleyball Coaches Association on Nov. 25th, the final milestone in a whirlwind week for the senior outside hitter from Overland Park, Kan.
Martin was named MVP of the BIG EAST Tournament on Nov. 23 after helping Creighton to a sixth straight league tournament title.
Martin averaged 6.83 kills per set on .438 hitting while also contributing 11 digs and three blocks. Martin had 24 kills and hit .432 in three sets in a semifinal win at Marquette, then put down 17 more kills on .444 hitting vs. Xavier in the final. Her 24 kills were Creighton's most ever in a BIG EAST Tournament match and 41 overall kills a CU best for a single BIG EAST Tournament.
The Tournament MVP recognition came two days after she was honored as BIG EAST Player of the Year. On Nov. 24th, roughly 12 hours after returning home with her fourth BIG EAST Tournament title and All-Tournament Team recognition, Martin was the second overall pick in the Major League Volleyball Draft by the Atlanta Vibe.
Martin is the fourth player in program history to earn AVCA National Player of the Week recognition, joining Michelle Sicner (Oct. 15, 2013), Keeley Davis (Oct. 15, 2019) and Kendra Wait (Sept. 22, 2024).

Creighton's The First With Two First Rounders
Two seniors within the Creighton Volleyball program were selected in the Major League Volleyball Draft on Nov. 24th. Ava Martin was the second overall section by the Atlanta Vibe, while Kiara Reinhardt was selected No. 8 overall in the first round by the Omaha Supernovas.
The selections made Creighton the first school in league history to have two picks in the First Round of the same draft.
Martin was named 2025 BIG EAST Player of the Year and BIG EAST Tournament MVP after an incredible season that sees her averaging 4.49 kills per set on .327 hitting so far this year. She's a four-time All-BIG EAST selection, and four-time honoree on the All-BIG EAST Tournament Team, after helping the Bluejays to a 12th straight BIG EAST regular-season title and sixth consecutive BIG EAST Tournament crown.
This season, Martin ranks 19th in the country in points per set, 19th in total points, 20th in total kills, 22nd in kills per set, 48th in total aces, 56th in aces per set and 149th in hitting percentage. The 6-foot-1 outside hitter from Overland Park, Kan., ranks fourth in CU history with 1,607 kills, third with 127 aces and ninth with a .298 hitting percentage. She was an AVCA Third Team All-American in 2024 after picking up Honorable Mention All-American honors as a sophomore in 2023.
Martin was the second pick in the first round, behind only Wisconsin's Mimi Colyer to the Dallas Pulse.
A 6-foot-3 middle blocker from Cedarburg, Wis., Reinhardt ranks 10th nationally in hitting percentage (.436), which leads the BIG EAST. She averages 2.49 kills per set and tops the team 1.02 blocks per set this fall. In her career, Reinhardt owns 801 kills and ranks fourth in CU history with 530 blocks. She also owns 59 aces and is a career .330 hitter. Reinhardt has played in a school-record 123 wins at Creighton, helping the Bluejays to six BIG EAST regular-season titles as well as six BIG EAST Tournament titles as well.
Both Martin and Reinhardt were named All-BIG EAST Nov. 21st. It's the fourth consecutive honor for Martin, and second straight recognition for Reinhardt.
Martin and Reinhardt are Creighton's third and fourth professional draft picks in the past two years, joining Norah Sis and Kendra Wait last year in the Pro Volleyball Federation. Sis was the No. 3 overall pick last year in the first round to the eventual 2025 league champion Orlando Valkyries, while Wait went 37th overall and was a fifth round selection of the defending league champion Omaha Supernovas.

Looking For More
Creighton Volleyball picked up the school's 14th different BIG EAST Tournament title won by the school since joining the BIG EAST in the summer of 2013. All but three of those titles have been won by the volleyball program.
Creighton's BIG EAST Tournament Titles (14)
Volleyball (11): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Baseball (2): 2019, 2025
Men's Soccer (1): 2022

Winners Win
Through matches of Dec. 10th, Creighton owns 267 wins over the past 10 seasons, which coincides with the start of the 2016 season.
That ranks fourth-most nationally, and among some of the most storied programs in all the land. CU is also fifth in win percentage in the last decade.
Last 10 Seasons (2016 - Dec. 10, 2025)
Sorted By Wins Sorted By Win Percentage
1. 286 Nebraska 1. .876 Texas 255-36
2. 281 Pittsburgh 2. .875 Nebraska 286-41
3. 278 Western Kentucky 3. .863 Pittsburgh 281-44
4. 267 Creighton 4. .864 Western Kentucky 278-44
5. 259 Wisconsin 5. .840 Creighton 267-51
6. 255 Texas 6. .833 Wisconsin 259-52
255 Stanford 7. .831 BYU 251-51
253 Stephen F. Austin 8. .828 Stanford 255-53

Streakin'
Ava Martin owns 10 or more kills in each of Creighton's last 26 matches, the second-longest streak in program history. She already owns a 19-match streak that was snapped earlier this season. Martin is the only player in Bluejay history with multiple streaks 10-kill streaks of 14 or longer.
Martin has led or tied for the Creighton in kills in each of the last 25 matches.
Consecutive Matches, 10 or More Kills
58 Leah Ratzlaff, Sept. 13, 2003-Sept. 9, 2005
26 Ava Martin, Sept. 12, 2025 - Present
21 Jaali Winters, Oct. 6, 2015 - Aug. 28, 2016
19 JoDe Cieloha, Sept. 26-Nov. 21, 1997
19 Ava Martin, Oct. 18, 2024-Aug. 23, 2025
18 Jaela Zimmerman, Nov. 16, 2019 - March 27, 2021
15 Norah Sis, Oct. 7 - Dec. 2, 2022
14 Kelly Goc, Sept. 8-Oct. 19, 2007
13 JoDe Cieloha, Sept. 7-Oct. 18, 1996
13 Jaali Winters, Nov. 12, 2016-Sept. 1, 2017

What's The Difference?
While this is Creighton's fourth team to go unbeaten in BIG EAST play, the domination this season has been especially noteworthy, as seen in the chart below:
Year Sets Lost 5 Setters Pts For-Against % of Pts.
2016 5 1 1,457-1,088 57.2
2018 6 2 1,474-1,092 57.4
2024 3 0 1,418-884 61.6
2025 4 1 1,281-883 59.2

Unbeaten in League Play
Creighton was one of eight teams in the country that did not lose a regular-season conference match this fall. Of those teams, Creighton's four league sets lost trails only Nebraska.
Brian Rosen was the only one of the eight head coaches who had an undefeated conference slate to not win Coach of the Year honors in his/her league, and Rosen is 3-1 against the other schools on this list.
Set W-L Team League
60-1 Nebraska Big Ten
48-4 Creighton BIG EAST
48-8 Northern Iowa Missouri Valley
45-9 Kentucky Southeastern
54-10* Dayton Atlantic 10
41-13 San Diego West Coast
48-12* South Dakota State Summit
54-13 Utah State Mountain West
*lost in league tournament

Comeback Kids
Last Thursday's match vs. Northern Colorado saw Creighton improve to 3-2 on the season in matches in which it has trailed 2-1, having also beaten Marquette and UC Santa Barbara.
Creighton had not won an NCAA Tournament match when down 2-1 since doing it in a Regional Semifinal victory over Michigan on Dec. 9, 2016 in Austin, Texas.
It was also Creighton's first NCAA Tournament victory in a five-set match since a 3-2 win over Michigan on Dec. 9, 2016 in Austin, Texas. That year Creighton made history as the first team to ever open an NCAA Tournament run with three straight five-set victories. The streak started with a 3-2 win in Lawrence, Kan., over Northern Iowa (25-16, 25-20, 24-26, 14-25, 15-12).

Tough at Home
Creighton boasts one of the nation's longest home matches with 12 straight victories inside D.J. Sokol Arena.
Nation's Longest Active Home Win Streaks (12/10)
Wins Team Next Home Match
62 Nebraska 12/12 vs. #16 Kansas
49 Pittsburgh 12/11 vs. #17 Minnesota
20 Kentucky Next year
19 Cal Poly Next year
16 Arizona State Next year
13 Eastern Illinois Next year
13 Northern Arizona Next year
12 Creighton Next year
12 Northern Iowa Next year

Road Dubs
Creighton has won nine consecutive true road matches, a streak that started on October 2nd. with a 3-0 win at Marquette. It's tied for the sixth-longest active road win streak in the country entering this weekend.
Both of CU's previous teams to win nine straight road matches went on to reach the Elite Eight.
Creighton's Longest Road Win Streaks
Wins Dates Snapped By
9 Sept. 30-Dec. 2, 2016 at #5 Texas, 3-0
9 Sept. 21-Nov. 24, 2024 at #2 Penn State, 3-2
9 Oct. 2, 2025 - Present ? ? ?
8 Sept. 29 - Nov. 30, 2012 at #11 Minnesota, 3-1
8 Sept. 28 - Nov. 3, 2018 at #2 Nebraska, 3-1
8 Oct. 2, 2021-Sept. 10, 2022 at Rice, 3-2

Nation's Longest Active Road Win Streaks (12/3)
Wins Team Next Road Match
13 Nebraska Next year
11 San Diego Next year
11 Stanford TBD
10 Kentucky Next year
10 Ball State Next year
9 Creighton TBD
9 Stephen F. Austin Next year
9 Western Kentucky Next year

Ava Makes History
Ava Martin joined some rare air in Creighton Athletics history as a four-time First Team All-Conference pick.
She's just the sixth student-athlete in school history in any sport to be named First Team All-Conference four times, joining Tara Oltman (Softball), Doug McDermott (Men's Basketball), Jaali Winters (Volleyball), Kendra Wait (Volleyball) and Norah Sis (Volleyball).
Additionally, Martin and Wait are the only Bluejays to be a four-time first team all-conference pick, as well as a four-time all-tournament team selection.

Back For More (Awards)
Ava Martin was named to the All-Tournament Team at the BIG EAST Championships for the fourth straight season.
The only previous Creighton player in program history to be named a four-time All-BIG EAST Tournament honoree was Kendra Wait (2021-24). Wait earned Tournament MVP accolades as a senior last fall, while Martin earned MVP honors as a senior this fall.
Martin was joined on the All-Tournament Team by Jaya Johnson and Annalea Maeder.
CU's BIG EAST All-Tournament Team Picks
Maggie Baumert - 2015
Jess Bird - 2015 (MVP)
Kelli Browning - 2013
Lydia Dimke - 2016
Kate Elman - 2015
Naomi Hickman - 2018, '20 (MVP)
Jaya Johnson - 2025
Taryn Kloth - 2017 (MVP), '18
Annalea Maeder - 2025
Ava Martin - 2022, '23, '24, '25 (MVP)
Leah McNary - 2014
Kiara Reinhardt - 2020
Kiana Schmitt - 2023 (MVP)
Norah Sis - 2021 (MVP), '22 (MVP), '24
Lauren Smith - 2013, '14 (MVP), '16
Kendra Wait - 2021, '22, '23, '24 (MVP)
Annika Welty - 2020
Marysa Wilkinson - 2014, '17
Jaali Winters - 2016 (MVP), '18 (MVP)
Brittany Witt - 2017, '19
Jaela Zimmerman - 2021

The Amazing Ava
Ava Martin had a career-high 30 kill in Creighton's five-set win over Marquette on Nov. 1st, then matched it against Northern Colorado on Dec. 4th in the NCAA Tournament.
Martin owns 13 matches with 20+ kills in her career, including four times overall against Marquette.
Martin (against Marquette) also joined Kelly Goc as the second Bluejay to post 20+ kills against the same opponent three times in the same season. Goc did it vs. Illinois State in 2006.
Just how good has Martin been against Marquette? A whopping 174 of her 1,607 career kills (10.8 percent) have come against the Golden Eagles, even though only 11 of her 132 career matches have been against MU.
Ava Martin's 20-Kill Matches
Kills Pct. Opponent Date
30 .464 Marquette 11/01/25
30 .369 Northern Colorado 12/04/25
24 .286 vs. UC Santa Barbara 09/06/25
24 .432 at Marquette 11/22/25
23 .286 Villanova 11/07/25
22 .333 #14 Marquette 11/26/22
22 .396 Northern Iowa 09/03/23
22 .180 at #9 Minnesota 09/16/23
21 .230 at Xavier 09/23/23
20 .400 at DePaul 11/22/24
20 .405 vs. Duke 08/27/23
20 .472 Rice 09/13/25
20 .514 at Marquette 10/02/25

30 Kills For Martin
Ava Martin became the fifth different player in Creighton Volleyball history with 30 or more kills in a match when she did it on Nov. 1, 2025 vs. Marquette.
Of those women, Martin's .464 hitting percentage was the best mark. She was also the fourth Bluejay with a double-double in a match with 30+ kills.
Martin's 30 kills also tied the D.J. Sokol Arena record, which opened in 2009.
Creighton Players With 30+ Kills
K Pct. D Player, Opponent (Sets) Date
32 .406 10 Michelle Prorock, Evansville (4) 11/02/96
31 .390 7 Keeley Davis, Marquette (5) 10/12/19
30 .404 22 Melissa Walsh, Indiana St. (5) 10/16/98
30 .273 13 Norah Sis, Auburn (5) 12/02/22
30 .464 10 Ava Martin, Marquette (5) 11/01/25
30 .369 8 Ava Martin, No. Colorado (5) 12/04/25

Most Kills, D.J. Sokol Arena History
K Player, Opponent Date
30 Wichita St.'s Emily Stockman vs. Missouri St. 11/27/09
30 Creighton's Norah Sis vs. Auburn 12/02/22
30 Creighton's Ava Martin vs. Marquette 11/01/25
30 Creighton's Ava Martin vs. N. Colorado 12/04/25
29 USD's Kendall Kritenbrink vs. Creghton 09/20/14
29 UConn's Hanna Tylska vs. Villanova 11/27/24

The 400 Club
Ava Martin is the fourth player in CU history with three different seasons of 400 kills or more, and has joined Leah Ratzlaff as just the second woman to do it in three consecutive campaigns.
It's not a coincidence that Jaali Winters (1,843), Norah Sis (1,664) and Ratzlaff (1,622) own the top three spots on Creighton's career kills list. Melissa Walsh (1,596) is fourth, with Martin (1,561) currently fifth.
Most 400-Kill Seasons, Creighton History
Name Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
Jaali Winters (3x) 546 448 398 451
Norah Sis (3x) 435 489 302 438
Leah Ratzlaff (3x) 180 516 479 447
Ava Martin (3x) 264 417 428 452

Miss Consistent
Ava Martin produced 10 or more kills in each of her final 34 matches against BIG EAST competition. Even more impressively, she's hit .250 or better in each of those contests, as well.
Martin led the BIG EAST with 4.52 kills per set and was fourth with a .376 hitting percentage in league play this fall.
Last year Martin was second with 3.88 kills per set and second with a .408 hitting percentage in league action.
In 70 career regular-season BIG EAST matches, Martin averaged 3.61 kills per set and hit .348 to help her team go 67-3.

Hitting With A Purpose
Creighton started its Nov. 15 match at Seton Hall with 31 kills in 48 swings before its first attack error on the fourth point of the third set.
It was just the second time in program history that CU went back-to-back sets in the same match without an attack error, joining the second and third sets at Bradley on Sept. 29, 2000.
Creighton finished the afternoon hitting a program-record .551 against the Pirates.
Best Attack Percentage, CU History
Hit. % Opponent (K-E-TA), sets Date
.551 at Seton Hall (41-3-69), 3 sets 11-15-25
.548 vs. Georgetown (46-6-73), 3 sets 11-17-24
.536 vs. Tulsa (41-4-69), 3 sets 10-27-95
.495 vs. Liberty (57-8-99), 3 sets 9-2-05
.493 at Villanova (41-5-73), 3 sets 10-27-23

Wurtz Serves Up A Record
Two days after serving up five aces in the first set of a Nov. 7 win over Villanova, Nora Wurtz once again dealt five aces during 12-0 serving run to end the first set vs. Georgetown. Wurtz remained behind the serving line to start the second set, opening with back-to-back aces, and eventually broke the school-record with nine aces in the match.
Most Aces, Creighton Match
9 Nora Wurtz vs. Georgetown (3s) 11-09-25
8 Carolyn Decker at New Mexico (3s) 09-04-04
8 Ava Martin vs. Seton Hall (3s) 11-15-24
7 Molly Moran vs. Drake (3s) 09-22-00
7 Kelli Koochi at Indiana State (4s) 10-19-01
7 Nayka Benitez vs. Bradley (4s) 09-25-10
7 Michelle Sicner vs. McNeese State (3s) 09-17-11
7 Madelyn Cole at Georgetown (3s) 11-09-19

Best of Wurtz
Nora Wurtz's nine aces are tied for the most in the nation this season in any three-set match.
Wurtz served 31 times in the Nov. 9 match vs. Georgetown, with Creighton winning the point 27 times. By comparison, Georgetown's entire team served 34 times and won just seven of those points.
Wurtz (at 6-foot-4) is the nation's only player middle blocker, as well as the only player 6-foot-2 or taller, to average more than 0.51 aces per set.

Who Else Has Been Unbeaten?
At 16-0, Creighton was the 15th team to finish BIG EAST play unbeaten and just the fourth unbeaten team with 16 or more league wins.
Thirteen of those 15 unbeaten teams went on to win the BIG EAST Tournament.
Finishing Unbeaten in BIG EAST Play
W-L Sets Lost School Year
18-0 3 Creighton* 2024
18-0 6 Creighton* 2018
18-0 5 Creighton* 2016
16-0 4 Creighton* 2025
14-0 8 Notre Dame 2009
14-0 4 Louisville* 2006
12-0 3 Notre Dame* 2001
11-0 4 Notre Dame* 2000
11-0 4 Notre Dame 1999
11-0 2 Notre Dame* 1997
11-0 2 Notre Dame* 1996
11-0 1 Notre Dame* 1995
7-0 6 Pittsburgh* 1993
7-0 1 Pittsburgh* 1991
7-0 2 Pittsburgh* 1990
*also won league tournament

Best League Starts
Creighton started 16-0 in conference play for the fifth time in the last 10 seasons. The Bluejays, who only played 16 league contests this fall, went 18-0 in 2016, 2018 and 2024.
Most Wins Before First League Loss
Wins Year (League) First League Loss
18-0 2018 (BIG EAST) None
18-0 2016 (BIG EAST) None
18-0 2024 (BIG EAST) None
17 2022 (BIG EAST) 11/19 at #16 Marquette
16 2025 (BIG EAST) None
12 2019 (BIG EAST) 11/8 at Villanova
11 2015 (BIG EAST) 10/30 at Villanova

All They Do Is Win
Creighton has won its last 47 BIG EAST regular-season matches to establish a program and league record.
It breaks the record for the longest streak in BIG EAST history, surpassing the 45 in a row done from Oct. 1, 1999 to Nov. 15, 2002 by Notre Dame.
Creighton's Most Consecutive Regular-Season League Wins
Wins Dates Snapped By League
47 Oct. 7, 2023 - Present ? ? ? BIG EAST
31 Nov. 18, 2017 - Nov. 3, 2019 at Villanova, 3-0 BIG EAST
28 Oct. 31, 2015 - Sept. 30, 2017 at Marquette, 3-0 BIG EAST
28 Oct. 17, 2021- Nov. 18, 2022 at #16 Marquette, 3-0 BIG EAST
14 Sept. 29, 2012 - End of 2012 Never (left MVC) MVC

BIG EAST'S Best
Since the reconfiguration of the BIG EAST in the summer of 2013, Creighton, Marquette and St. John's are the only teams to win any sort of BIG EAST volleyball title.
Creighton owns 12 regular-season titles (3 shared) in that time, while Marquette owns four regular-season (3 shared) crowns.
As it relates to BIG EAST Tournament titles, Creighton has won 11, Marquette one and St. John's one since 2013.
Below is a look at the record of each BIG EAST team since league realignment in 2013:
BIG EAST VB Standings, 2013 - Dec. 10, 2025
BIG EAST only All matches
Team (NCAA Bids) W L W L
Creighton (13) 204 16 342 78
Marquette (12) 180 37 302 104
Xavier (1) 130 88 205 175
Villanova (1) 111 109 208 171
St. John's (1) 110 110 232 180
Butler 108 112 190 193
Seton Hall (1) 86 133 173 207
DePaul 72 148 163 214
Georgetown 51 161 125 236
Connecticut# 50 46 98 71
Providence* 33 171 124 226
*Providence rejoined the league for volleyball in 2014 and
its 2013 overall record (12-20) is not included above.
#Connecticut rejoined the league in 2020 and
its record from 2013-19 (96-121) is not included above.

All They Do Is Win
Creighton has won 22 straight matches, its 13th double-digit win streak in program history and one of the nation's longest active win streaks.
Consecutive Creighton Wins, Program History
Wins Dates Snapped By
25 Sept. 20-Dec. 13, 2024 at #2 Penn State, 3-2
23 Sept. 23-Dec. 9, 2016 at #5 Texas, 3-0
22 Sept. 19, 2025 - Present TBD
21 Sept. 21 - Nov. 30, 2018 #22 Washington, 3-0
17 Sept. 29-Nov. 30, 2012 at #11 Minnesota, 3-1
17 Sept. 23-Nov. 18, 2022 at #16 Marquette, 3-0
17 Oct. 7-Dec. 2, 2023 vs. #7 Louisville, 3-2
14 Sept. 19-Nov. 3, 2019 at Villanova, 3-0
14 Oct. 17-Dec. 2, 2021 Kansas, 3-1
12 Sept. 20-Oct. 25, 2015 at Villanova, 3-2
11 Oct. 11-Nov. 21, 2014 Seton Hall, 3-0
11 Oct. 6-Nov. 12, 2017 at Villanova, 3-0
10 Oct. 31-Dec. 5, 2015 vs. #2 USC, 3-1

NCAA's Longest Active Winning Streaks
Wins School Next Match
32 Nebraska 12/12 vs. #16 Kansas
24 Kentucky 12/11 vs. Cal Poly
22 Creighton 12/11 vs. #8 Arizona State

Getting Better and Better
It's scary to see the numbers for Creighton's first 10 matches compared to its last 22 matches. The Bluejay numbers are up across the board on the offensive end.
First 10 Matches vs. Last 22 Matches
When W-L KPS HIT% SAPS DPS BPS
First 10 5-5 12.84 .215 1.63 14.26 2.17
Last 22 22-0 14.67 .335 2.44 13.36 2.24

There Weren't Many
Georgetown managed just 15 kills in Creighton's 3-0 win over the Hoyas on Nov. 9th. That was tied for the second-fewest by a Bluejay opponent in program history.
Fewest Kills by a Creighton Opponent, Match
14 Villanova 11/21/14
15 Drake 9/22/06
15 Montana State 8/25/07
15 Georgetown 11/09/25
16 Seton Hall 11/19/21
17 Providence 10/19/14
17 South Dakota 12/5/24
17 Providence 9/27/24

What's Your 20?
Creighton has clinched its fifth straight 20-win season.
Including 2025, Creighton has won 20 or more matches in 13 of the last 14 years (CU only played 16 times in the spring of 2021, going 12-4), and has 16 different 20-win campaigns to its ledger all-time.
Brian Rosen is the first volleyball head coach to win 20+ matches in their first year as a head coach at a BIG EAST school since Ryan Theis won 24 matches at Marquette in 2014.
All 16 times that Creighton has won its 19th match, it won its next match as well to reach the 20-victory milestone.
Year MP to 20 W Date of 20th Win
2006 29 11/18
2007 29 11/16
2010 30 11/26
2012 23 10/27
2013 27 11/22
2014 27 11/08
2015 28 11/07
2016 26 11/06
2017 25 11/05
2018 24 10/27
2019 24 11/09
2021 23 10/24
2022 23 10/30
2023 24 11/03
2024 22 11/01
2025 25 11/07

Special Group of Seniors
Creighton recognized Annalea Maeder, Ava Martin, Sky McCune and Kiara Reinhardt after its Nov. 9 win over Georgetown.
Maeder is in her first season at Creighton, but fifth overall in college after four years at Cal. In her lone season with the Bluejays, Maeder has was a seven-time BIG EAST Setter of the Week and leads the league with 10.69 assists per set. Maeder also ranks fourth in the BIG EAST with 0.41 aces per set and directs a Bluejay offense that hits a league-best .292. Maeder was named All-BIG EAST and named BIG EAST Setter of the Year.
Martin is the BIG EAST's only player on the AVCA National Player of the Year Watch List, and lived up to the Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year hype she was annoited by league coaches before the fall. Martin finished in the top 10 in the BIG EAST in league play in points per set (5.16), kills per set (4.52), aces per set (0.50) and hitting percentage (.376). In her career, she's fourth in CU history with 1,607 kills and third with 127 aces.
McCune owns 452 career digs and 44 aces as a Bluejay. The Gretna product has appeared in 89 matches as a defensive specialist or libero and had a career-high 22 digs vs. No. 2 Nebraska as a freshman in 2022.
Reinhardt is a sixth-year senior who became the winningest player in program history and in position to set a CU single-season record for hitting percentage. She owns 801 career kills, is fourth in program history with 530 blocks and fifth with a .333 hitting percentage.

Rosen Chasing More History
Brian Rosen is the first volleyball head coach to go unbeaten in BIG EAST play in their first season as head coach at a school since Pitt's Cindy Alvear went 7-0 in 1993.
Rosen is the first volleyball head coach to win a BIG EAST regular-season title in their first season as head coach at a school since Louisville's Anne Kordes in 2011.
Rosen has already become the first volleyball head coach to win 20+ matches in their first year as a head coach at a BIG EAST school since Ryan Theis won 24 matches at Marquette in 2014.
Rosen is the first volleyball head coach to win a BIG EAST Tournament title in their first season as head coach at a school since Georgetown's Li Liu in 1999.
Rosen is the first male head coach to win a BIG EAST Tournament title since Marquette's Bond Shymansky in 2013.
Rosen is first volleyball head coach to win an NCAA Tournament match in their first year as a head coach at a BIG EAST school since Louisville's Anne Kordes in 2011, and the only rookie BIG EAST Volleyball coach to win multiple NCAA Tournament matches in the same season.

Coming Up Clutch
Creighton hit .370 in its Nov. 1 win over Marquette, easily its best hitting percentage ever in a five-set match.
CU hit .571 (12-0-21) in the fifth set against the Golden Eagles and .473 in the final two frames (29-3-55) after falling behind 2-1 in the match.
Best Creighton Hitting Percentage, Five Set Match
Pct. Opponent (K-E-TA) Date
.370 Marquette (72-15-154) 11-01-25
.333 at Evansville (69-18-153) 10-04-96
.322 vs. DePaul ((69-21-149) 10-09-15
.308 at Georgetown (67-18-159) 11-18-17
.294 at Bradley (77-22-187) 10-15-04

A Perfect Set
Creighton's offense clicked on all cylinders in the third set of its Oct. 25 win at Connecticut, as the Bluejays were credited with 15 kills on 15 swings to hit a perfect 1,000. That means UConn didn't own a single dig or block during the set.
Jaya Johnson had five kills, Abbey Hayes, Ava Martin and Annalea Maeder each had three kills and Kiara Reinhardt had one kill in the frame.
It's the best hitting percentage in program history that Creighton has hit better than .818 in any set. Per @Evollve on Twitter, Creighton was the nation's first team to hit 1.000 in a set since Florida A&M did against Mississippi Valley State went 10-for-10 in the first set of a 2022 meeting.
Best Creighton Team Hitting Percentage in a Set
% K-E-TA Opponent (Set #) Date
1.000 15-0-15 at Connecticut (3) 10/25/25
.818 18-0-22 at DePaul (1) 10/6/17
.737 14-0-19 at Providence (1) 10/21/23
.722 13-0-18 at Georgetown (5) 11/20/15
.714 10-0-14 vs. Northern Iowa (5) 9/5/14
.714 15-0-21 at DePaul (3) 10/11/19

Setting Them Straight
Creighton's streak of 24 straight set wins was snapped on Nov. 1 by Marquette. The streak was the sixth-longest in program history, all of which have come in the past decade.
Consecutive Sets Won
Set Wins Dates Snapped By
31 Oct. 1 - Nov. 8, 2024 at Marquette
30 Oct. 7 - Nov. 10, 2023 at St. John's
29 Oct. 16-Nov. 18, 2022 at #16 Marquette
25 Oct. 22-Nov. 20, 2016 Villanova
25 Oct. 26-Nov. 23, 2018 #16 Marquette
24 Oct. 4, 2025 - Nov. 1, 2025 Marquette
22 Nov. 7-Dec. 2, 2021 Kansas
21 Nov. 10 - Dec. 2, 2023 vs. #7 Louisville
19 Oct. 12-Nov. 3, 2019 at Villanova
18 Nov. 22-Dec. 6, 2024 vs. #13 Texas
18 Nov. 7-Dec. 4, 2025 Northern Colorado
16 Sept. 20-Oct. 4, 2025 at DePaul
15 Oct. 7-21, 2016 at Marquette
15 Sept. 28-Oct. 13, 2018 at Villanova
15 Sept. 11-24, 2021 at Butler

League Leaders
Not only did Creighton finish alone atop the BIG EAST standings, but the Bluejays also dominated many of the team and individual statistical categories in league play, as well.
Individually, Kiara Reinhardt led the BIG EAST with a .438 hitting percentage. Annalea Maeder was tops with 10.79 assists per set, Nora Wurtz was first with 0.88 aces per set and Ava Martin was first with 4.52 kills per set and 5.22 points per set.
As a team, Creighton was first in hitting percentage (.349), opponent hitting percentage (.150), assists per set (13.19), kills per set (14.56) and aces per set (2.90).

The .500 Club
Senior Kiara Reinhardt is hitting .436 this fall, a figure that ranks 10th in the nation, and she's hit .500 or better in 15-of-32 matches this fall.
Not only has she hit a robust .369 against Top 25 foes, but she's hitting an insane .459 (212-45-364) against unranked foes.
Reinhardt's Matches Hitting .500+ This Season
Pct. K E TA Opponent CU Result
.833 5 0 6 at Seton Hall W 3-0
.789 15 0 19 vs. San Diego W 3-1
.750 10 1 12 at Villanova W 3-0
.722 14 1 18 at DePaul W 3-1
.700 7 0 10 RIce W 3-0
.667 10 0 15 Seton Hall W 3-0
.636 8 1 11 at Georgetown W 3-0
.571 5 1 7 at St. John's W 3-0
.560 16 2 25 #4 Louisville L 1-3
.529 9 0 17 vs. #5 Texas L 0-3
.526 11 1 19 #1 Nebraska L 2-3
.500 6 1 10 at Marquette W 3-0
.500 9 2 14 at Marquette W 3-0
.500 8 0 16 vs. Xavier W 3-0
.500 10 1 18 Marquette W 3-1

Reinhardt's Peers
Kiara Reinhardt's .436 hitting percentage ranks 10th-best nationally, and is on pace to shatter the Creighton single-season record in that category.
2025 NCAA Leaders in Attack Pct. (min. 3.33 attacks per set)
Name, School K E Att. Pct.
1. Andi Jackson, Nebraska 273 50 462 .483
2. Haley Yount, Jacksonville 206 34 379 .454
3. Yasmeen Muhammad, LIU 227 37 427 .445
4. Tierney Barlow, Utah State 321 53 603 .444
5. Carter Booth, Wisconsin 199 28 385 .444
6. Lucie Blazkova, Washington St. 280 45 531 .443
7. Lizzy Andrew, Stanford 288 47 546 .441
8. Rebekah Allick, Nebraska 235 52 419 .437
9. Mackenzie Parsons, Cornell 246 43 465 .437
10. Kiara Reinhardt, Creighton 271 59 486 .436

Single-Season Creighton Records
Individual Attack Percentage (Min. 200 kills)
Name K E Att. Pct. Year
1. Kiara Reinhardt 271 59 486 .436 2025
2. Kiana Schmitt 307 75 612 .379 2023
3. Elise Goetzinger 266 73 513 .376 2024
4. Kelli Browning 350 87 710 .370 2012
5. Marysa Wilkinson 340 74 720 .369 2017

Creighton Career Records
Individual Attack Percentage (Min. 250 kills)
Name K E Att. Pct. Years
1. Elise Goetzinger 266 73 513 .376 2024
2. Kendra Wait 511 78 1,194 .363 2021-24
3. Kelli Browning 1,104 325 2,327 .335 2011-14
4. Lydia Dimke 297 77 659 .334 2016-17
5. Kiara Reinhardt 801 234 1,703 .333 2020-Pr.
6. Kiana Schmitt 806 237 1,726 .330 2019-23
7. Lauren Smith 1,160 365 2,460 .323 2013-16
8. Marysa Wilkinson 1,183 307 2,771 .316 2014-17
9. Ava Martin 1,607 442 3,909 .2980 2022-Pr.
10. Megan Ballenger 965 317 2,176 .2978 2016-19
11. Kelly Goc 1,414 414 3,374 .296 2004-07

Ava Elevates Up The Chart
Ava Martin enters this weekend with 1,607 career kills, good for fourth in program history.
Career Kills, Creighton History
Name Sets No. Years
1. Jaali Winters 494 1,843 2015-18
2. Norah Sis 422 1,664 2021-24
3. Leah Ratzlaff 409 1,622 2002-05
4. Ava Martin 450 1,607 2022-Pr.
5. Melissa Walsh 394 1,596 1998-01
6. Taryn Kloth 462 1,427 2015-18
7. Kelly Goc 394 1,414 2004-07
8. Jessica Houts 451 1,385 2005-09
9. JoDe Cieloha 398 1,375 1994-97
10. Leah McNary 458 1,257 2011-14

The Reveal
The NCAA Volleyball Selection Committee revealed its Top 16 as of Oct. 19th. The in-season reveal offers fans an early look at potential NCAA tournament seedings ahead of Selection Sunday on Nov. 30. Creighton was 10th in that listing.
Last year Creighton was sixth in the early reveal, and would enter the NCAA Tournament sixth as well.
1. Nebraska 9. TCU
2. Texas 10. Creighton
3. Pittsburgh 11. Stanford
4. Kentucky 12. Wisconsin
5. SMU 13. Texas A&M
6. Louisville 14. Indiana
7. Arizona State 15. Penn State
8. Purdue 16. Minnesota

Syd The Kid
Sydney Breissinger first wore the libero jersey this fall in the fourth set against Nebraska on Sept. 16th. She put it back on to begin the Sept. 21 win over No. 17 Kansas, and hasn't relinquished it in 21 matches since. That means Creighton is 64-8 in sets and outscored teams 1,754-1,286 when she dons the alternate jersey.
When Breissinger was a freshman in 2023, she played libero in the final 13 matches of the season. Creighton went 12-1 in those contests, winning 38-of-42 sets and outscoring teams 1,031-738.
Add it all up and Creighton is 33-2 all-time in matches Breissinger serves as libero at any point, losing only to No. 7 Louisville (2023 Regional Semifinal) and to No. 1 Nebraska (2025). CU has won 102-of-114 sets when she's donned the alternate jersey and outscored foes 2,785-2,024 in points, a whopping 57.9 percent of the points played.

More Than a Decade of Dominance
Thirteen years in the BIG EAST gives Creighton a pretty good set of data to compare its yearly performance in league matches.
Here's how the 2025 campaign compares to previous seasons:
Creighton's Year-By-Year BIG EAST Stats
Year W-L KPS HIT% SAPS DPS BPS
2013 12-4 13.75 .213 1.00 16.20 3.13
2014# 16-2 14.89 .242 1.30 17.09 2.86
2015# 17-1 15.02 .271 1.33 16.97 2.47
2016# 18-0 15.37 .317 1.69 16.08 2.41
2017# 16-2 14.81 .302 1.31 16.62 2.05
2018# 18-0 14.45 .294 2.13 15.67 2.38
2019# 17-1 14.61 .269 2.07 15.80 2.25
2020# 7-1 12.93 .249 1.30 14.17 2.75
2021# 16-2 13.95 .242 1.82 18.02 2.86
2022# 17-1 14.80 .299 1.85 16.10 2.33
2023# 16-2 14.40 .313 1.89 15.91 2.30
2024# 18-0 14.79 .371 2.32 14.18 2.75
2025 16-0 14.56 .349 2.90 12.42 2.13
#won league's regular-season title

Down The Stretch They Come
Creighton reached the midpoint of league play with an 8-0 record, and finished 16-0. The Bluejays were unbeaten at the halfway mark of league play for the seventh time since 2015 (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2025).
The Bluejays have suffered one league loss or fewer in the second half of conference play during each of the last 12 seasons (including 2025).
League Record by Year
Year 1st Half 2nd Half Place
1994 2-8 1-9 T-9th MVC
1995 3-7 3-7 T-7th MVC
1996 2-7 3-6 T-6th MVC
1997 6-3 4-5 T-3rd MVC
1998 2-7 3-6 8th MVC
1999 5-4 4-5 5th MVC
2000 5-4 5-4 T-4th MVC
2001 7-2 5-4 4th MVC
2002 1-8 1-8 T-9th MVC
2003 5-4 4-5 T-5th MVC
2004 5-4 5-4 5th MVC
2005 4-5 6-3 5th MVC
2006 7-2 5-4 4th MVC
2007 7-2 7-2 T-2nd MVC
2008 7-2 8-1 2nd MVC
2009 4-5 6-3 T-4th MVC
2010 7-2 6-3 3rd MVC
2011 6-3 6-3 4th MVC
2012 8-1 9-0 1st MVC
2013 6-2 6-2 T-2nd BIG EAST
2014 8-1 8-1 1st BIG EAST
2015 9-0 8-1 1st BIG EAST
2016 9-0 9-0 1st BIG EAST
2017 8-1 8-1 1st BIG EAST
2018 9-0 9-0 1st BIG EAST
2019 9-0 8-1 1st BIG EAST
2020 3-1 4-0 1st BIG EAST (Midwest)
2021 7-2 9-0 T-1st BIG EAST
2022 9-0 8-1 T-1st BIG EAST
2023 7-2 9-0 T-1st BIG EAST
2024 9-0 9-0 1st BIG EAST
2025 8-0 8-0 1st BIG EAST
Total 194-89 194-89 --

Reinhardt & Martin Pass Century Mark
Kiara Reinhardt is 123-22 (.848) all-time in matches that she's appeared in. Her 123 victories are four more than Kendra Wait for most in program history. Reinhardt's winning percentage is fifth-best.
Ava Martin is 114-18 (.864) all-time when appearing in a match, making her tied for fitth in wins and fourth in win percentage.
Most Wins, Appeared In As A Player
123 Kiara Reinhardt 2020-Pres.
119 Kendra Wait 2021-24
116 Naomi Hickman 2017-21
114 Ava Martin 2022-Pres.
111 Jaali Winters 2015-18
110 Kiana Schmitt 2019-23
109 Taryn Kloth 2015-18
109 Brittany Witt 2016-19
109 Norah Sis 2021-24
107 Megan Ballenger 2016-19
106 Marysa Wilkinson 2014-17
104 Lauren Smith 2013-16
102 Melanie Jereb 2012-15
101 Ashley Jansen 2012-15
98 Jaela Zimmerman 2018-22

Best Win Pct. in Matches Appeared In As A Player (min. 100 wins)
W-L Pct. Name Years
109-14 .886 Norah Sis 2021-24
119-16 .881 Kendra Wait 2021-24
110-16 .873 Kiana Schmitt 2019-23
114-18 .864 Ava Martin 2022-Pres.
123-22 .848 Kiara Reinhardt 2020-Pres.
109-24 .820 Taryn Kloth 2015-18
116-26 .817 Naomi Hickman 2017-21
109-25 .813 Brittany Witt 2016-19
107-25 .811 Megan Ballenger 2016-19
111-28 .799 Jaali Winters 2015-18
106-32 .768 Marysa Wilkinson 2014-17
102-31 .767 Melanie Jereb 2012-15
101-31 .765 Ashley Jansen 2012-15
104-34 .754 Lauren Smith 2013-16

Most Wins, Four-Year Span
W-L Years
119-17 2021-24
115-18 2022-Pres.
111-28 2015-18
109-25 2016-19
107-32 2014-17
104-31 2012-15
104-34 2013-16
99-18 2020-23
97-19 2018-21
95-19 2019-22

Nice Work, Ace
Creighton tied a program-record with 15 service aces on Oct. 4 vs. DePaul, with Ava Martin (6), Alivia Hausmann (3), Jaya Johnson (3), Sydney Breissinger (2) and Annalea Maeder (1) all getting in the act.
It was the fourth time in program history that CU has recorded 15 aces or more, and first time it's done so in a true road match.
Creighton set a school-record with 224 aces in 35 matches last season (6.40 per match) and averaged a league-record 2.32 aces per set in league play. This year's team has a school-record 240 aces in 32 matches (7.50 per match) and averaged 2.90 aces per set in league action.
Creighton's 2.16 aces per set ranks fourth the nation.
Most Creighton Service Aces, Match
15 vs. Northeastern Illinois (3s) 09-23-95
15 vs. UMKC (4s) 11-12-95
15 vs. Seton Hall (3s) 11-15-24
15 at DePaul (4s) 10-04-25
14 at UMKC (4s) 10-30-94
14 vs. UNC-Greensboro (4s) 09-02-00
14 vs. Butler (3s) 10-20-18
14 vs. DePaul (4s) 11-24-19
14 vs. UMKC (5s) 09-28-04
14 at Seton Hall (3s) 11-15-25

A Smashing Success
Kiara Reinhardt had 14 kills and one error in 18 swings on Oct. 4 at DePaul, the second-best mark in program history for a four-set match.
The only performance that's been better was Reinhardt's .789 hitting (15-0-19) vs. San Diego earlier this year on Sept. 5, 2025.
Best Hitting Percentage, Four Sets (min. 12 kills)
.789 Kiara Reinhardt (15-0-19) vs. San Diego 09-05-25
.722 Kiara Reinhardt (14-1-18) at DePaul 10-04-25
.684 Kelli Browning (14-1-19) vs. Southern Illinois 10-27-12
.640 Naomi Hickman (17-1-25) vs. Kentucky 09-06-19
.636 Megan Bober (14-0-22) vs. Bradley 10-06-12
.625 Kelly Goc (26-1-40) vs. Drake 11-16-07
.615 Alicia Runge (17-1-26) vs. Bradley 09-25-10
.600 Kelli Browning (16-1-25) vs. Wisconsin 08-25-12

Jaya Does It All
Since moving into a role that has her playing all six rotations on Sept. 20 vs. South Florida, sophomore Jaya Johnson has played like a star.
Johnson has averaged 2.64 kills, 1.27 digs, 0.78 blocks and 0.08 aces per set while hitting .315. Creighton is 22-0 in that time, dropping just four sets.
Before the move, Johnson averaged 1.84 kills, 0.74 digs, 0.92 blocks and 0.00 aces per set while hitting .191. Creighton was 5-5 in those matches (18-18 in sets), though six of them came against top-25 foes.
Johnson is the only player in the BIG EAST (min. 50% of sets played) to average at least 0.80 blocks and 0.80 digs per set this season.

RPI Update
The final NCAA Volleyball RPI of the regular-season was released on November 30th and Creighton came in at No. 6, easily the best rank in the BIG EAST.
The Bluejays were one of five BIG EAST teams in the top 75, joining Xavier (22), Marquette (33), Villanova (37) and Connecticut (74).

Against The BIG EAST
Since the BIG EAST was restructured in 2013, Creighton owns a winning percentage better than .800 against each of the other teams currently in the BIG EAST.
The Bluejays own 227 wins against BIG EAST competition (including BIG EAST Championship play) since 2013, 40 more wins than Marquette for most in the league.
CU still has not lost to three league foes (DePaul, Georgetown, Providence) since joining the BIG EAST, and Marquette (6), Villanova (3), Seton Hall (3) and St. John's (3) are the only BIG EAST programs to top the Bluejays multiple times since 2013.
Opponent Reg. Season BE Tourney Total
Butler 23-1 - 23-1
Connecticut 5-1 1-0 6-1
DePaul 26-0 3-0 29-0
Georgetown 24-0 - 24-0
Marquette 21-5 8-1 29-6
Providence 18-0 - 18-0
Seton Hall 21-3 2-0 23-3
St. John's 22-2 1-1 23-3
Villanova 21-3 3-0 24-3
Xavier 23-1 5-0 28-1
TOTAL 204-16 23-2 227-18

Putting The 0 In October And November
Creighton is 89-6 in the 10th month of the year since Oct. 1, 2016, including 23 straight wins, and victories in 37 of its past 38 such matches.
Creighton's been awfully good in the month of November too. Since Nov. 1, 2014, CU is 79-4 in the 11th month of the year with 27 straight victories.
Creighton has won 45 straight October home matches (since 10/15/11) and 48 consecutive home matches in November (since 11/23/14). Incredibly, Creighton is 141-13 in sets in those home November contests.

Streaking In League Play
Add in conference tournament play and Creighton has won 53 straight matches against BIG EAST teams since October 7, 2023, dropping just eight sets to league opponents.
The only team with a longer active win streak against league competition is Northern Iowa (58).

Best Starts With A New Coach
Brian Rosen is the only coach since Creighton brought back volleyball in 1994 to win at least half of his first 32 matches.
Rosen is 27-5, well ahead of Howard Wallace (15-17), Kirsten Bernthal Booth (13-19) and Ben Guiliano (8-24) through 32 matches.
Rosen is also the only coach in program history to win his or her first four (or more) conference matches. He's currently 16-0.

Pink Out Raises $21,496.50
The Creighton Volleyball team hosted its 18th Annual Pink Out match on Oct. 19, using the competition as an opportunity to benefit the American Cancer Society's Hope Lodge Nebraska.
Last year's Pink Out Jersey auction raised $9,106.23, plus an additional $10,017 on matchday via donations. This year's auction brought in $10,239.50, as well as $11,257 in donations.
The winning bidders get the opportunity to honor a friend or family member who has battled cancer or is currently battling cancer. The warm-up shirt to be worn could be personalized by the winning bidder.
Shortly after the match, the family members of the winning bidders had the opportunity to meet the student-athletes of the jersey they bid on.
The American Cancer Society Hope Lodge Nebraska provides a free home away from home for cancer patients and their caregivers who must travel to Omaha to receive their lifesaving treatment.
Below is the final numbers for each jersey/item in the auction this year.
#1 $405 #2 $910 #3 $405
#5 $355 #6 $525 #7 $570
#8 $1,167 #9 $350 #10 $365
#11 $405 #12 $200 #13 $365
#17 $395 #18 $345 #19 $710
#22 $455 #24 $800
Courtside Seats $237.50 Autographed Balls $435, $840

Sokol Milestone Unlocked
Creighton owns a 209-34 record (.860) all-time inside D.J. Sokol Arena, as CU picked up its 200th home win in the facility on Sept. 26.
Creighton started 50-17 (.746) in the facility, which means it is 159-17 (.903) since then in its on-campus home.
Milestone Wins at D.J. Sokol Arena
W-L Opponent Date
1-0 Texas Tech (W 3-0) 8/28/09
50-17 Villanova (W 3-0) 11/24/13
100-25 DePaul (W 3-0) 11/5/17
150-31 #25 USC (W 3-1) 9/2/22
200-34 Xavier (W 3-0) 9/26/25

Home Sweet Home
Creighton is in its 13th season as a member of the BIG EAST since joining the league in the summer of 2013.
Since then, the Bluejays are 120-4 in home matches against BIG EAST teams (109-3 in the regular-season, 11-1 in the BIG EAST Tournament).
Since the start of the 2015 season, Creighton is 104-1 inside D.J. Sokol Arena against BIG EAST teams, which includes a 94-1 mark in league play and a 10-0 mark in the conference tournament. The only setback (on Feb. 6, 2021 vs. Marquette) was played as a non-conference match, only to be flipped to a league contest 19 days later.
Put another way, since enrolling at Creighton in the fall of 2022, fourth-year Bluejay seniors Ava Martin and Sky McCune went 40-0 in home matches against BIG EAST teams, and 120-10 in sets.
Creighton has won 54 straight matches against BIG EAST opposition at home.
Since the start of the 2023 season, Creighton has won 84-of-88 sets at home against BIG EAST teams, dropping only the third set on Oct. 1, 2024 to Marquette, the second and third sets to Marquette on Nov. 1, 2025, and the second set to Villanova on Nov. 7, 2025.

League Opener Histories
Creighton's 3-0 win vs. Xavier on Sept. 26 improved the Jays to 24-8 all-time in conference openers, and 1-0 under Brian Rosen. That includes an 12-1 mark in BIG EAST lid-lifters, with 12 straight wins.
Including 2025, each of the last 13 times that Creighton won its league opener (2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025), the Bluejays went on to win the regular-season title, going a combined 211-13 (including 2025) in regular-season league action. Creighton also won 12 conference tournament titles during those years (including 2025), going 24-1 at the league tournament in those seasons.
In the 23 seasons (including 2025) that Creighton has won its conference opener, it has never finished worse than .500 in league play and it owns a combined .798 (340-86) winning percentage (including 2025) in league matches.
In the eight years in which Creighton lost its league opener, the Bluejays have had a losing record on five occasions and owns a combined .363 (53-93) winning percentage during league contests.
In conference home openers, Creighton is 27-5 overall with 15 straight wins.
In league road openers, Creighton is 23-9 overall with 12 straight wins after this year's 3-0 win at Marquette.
The last team to win a BIG EAST regular-season or tournament title without winning its regular-season opener in conference play was Cincinnati in the fall of 2008, which will continue beyond 2025.

Wurtz On A Run
Standing at 6-foot-4, Nora Wurtz isn't your typical serving specialist, but that doesn't mean she hasn't been a tremendous weapon behind the service line.
Earlier this fall Wurtz had a streak of 11 straight matches with an ace, tied for the ffith-longest streak in program history. Wurtz's streak tied Julianne Mandolfo's 11 straight matches with an ace in 2010 for the longest ever by a Bluejay freshman.
Teammate Annalea Maeder also had an 11-match streak with an ace that ended in November.
Consecutive Matches With An Ace
15 Amanda Cvejdlik, Sept. 29-Nov. 18, 2006
12 Madelyn Cole - Oct. 27, 2018-Aug. 30, 2019
12 Madelyn Cole, Sept. 14-Oct. 25, 2019
12 Ellie Bolton, Aug. 26-Sept. 23, 2023
11 Kim Whitman, Sept. 5-Oct. 4, 1998
11 Molly Moran, Oct. 7-Nov. 10, 2000
11 Julianne Mandolfo, Oct. 2-Nov. 13, 2010
11 Nora Wurtz, Sept. 5-27, 2025
11 Annalea Maeder, Sept. 27 - Nov. 3, 2025
9 Melissa Weisensee, Sept. 1-20, 1995
9 Madelyn Cole, Aug. 31 - Sept. 21, 2018
9 Norah Sis, Sept. 17-Oct. 14, 2022

Don't Fret
The combination of losing four All-Americans off a 32-3 team, plus a grueling schedule featuring seven top-25 opponents in its 12 non-conference matches, helped Creighton start "just" 7-5 through 12 matches.
Each of the two previous times that Creighton has lost at least five of its first 12 matches, the Bluejays rebounded quite nicely.
In 2016 Creighton ended non-conference play with a 6-6 mark. That squad rebounded to win its next 23 matches and finished 29-7, reaching the Elite Eight for the first time.
The year before in 2015 Creighton finished the non-conference slate 5-7. That team won 22 of its next 23 matches, including a 17-1 mark in BIG EAST play, and qualified for the program's first Sweet 16 berth.

Attendance Update
Creighton ranks 13th nationally in total home attendance (52,716) and 16th in average fans per home match (3,295).
The number of home fans, as well as home average attendance, are both program records.
Creighton has led the BIG EAST in average home attendance in all but one non-COVID year since joining the league.
Most Home Fans, Season
Rk. Fans Dates Year
1. 52,716 16 2025
2. 47,632 17 2018
3. 44,518 19 2024
4. 41,805 17 2022
5. 30,211 14 2021

Highest Home Attendance Average, Season
Average Rk. Fans Dates Year
1. 3,295 52,716 16 2025
2. 2,802 47,632 17 2018
3. 2,459 41,805 17 2022
4. 2,343 44,518 19 2024
5. 2,161 28,089 13 2023

Overwhelming The Unranked
Creighton is 25-0 this season against unranked teams, and the serve and pass game has been a major reason why.
In those 25 matches (85 sets), CU has served 207 aces (2.44 saps.) compared to 216 service errors. Its opponents have just 63 aces (0.74 saps.) but made 185 serving miscues.

Report Card
Creighton is 204-16 all-time in regular-season BIG EAST matches.
Here's a report card of how CU has done in 50 match segments in the BIG EAST, which includes a 165-9 mark (.948) in its last 174 matches.
Matches W-L
1-50 43-7
51-100 48-2
101-150 46-4
151-200 47-3
201-220 20-0

Watch This!
Twelve of Creighton's 32 matches this fall have aired on television (four on FS1, three on BTN, three on Nebraska Public Media, one on SNY, one on ESPN2).
Creighton has also won 57 straight non-televised matches, since an Oct. 6, 2023 loss at Marquette.

Historically Speaking
Here's a look at the top indoor volleyball-only regular-season crowds in NCAA history after Creighton smashed a record on Sept. 16th at CHI Health Center Omaha.
Top Reg.-Season Indoor Volleyball-Only Crowds in NCAA History
Att. Opponent Date Site
17,675 Nebraska def. Creighton, 3-2 9/16/25 Omaha, NE
17,037 Wisconsin def. Marquette, 3-1 9/13/23 Milwaukee, WI
16,833 Florida def. Wisconsin, 3-2 9/16/22 Madison, WI
15,797 Nebraska def. Creighton, 3-2 9/7/22 Omaha, NE
15,734 Florida vs. Pittsburgh, 3-2 8/24/25 Lincoln, NE
15,734 Nebraska def. Stanford, 3-0
15,576 Nebraska def. Pittsburgh, 3-1 8/22/25 Lincoln, NE
15,576 Stanford vs. Florida, 3-1
15,084 Wisconsin def. Marquette, 3-1 9/17/24 Madison, WI
14,876 Wisconsin def. Purdue, 3-0 10/26/24 West Lafayette, IN
14,876 Purdue def. Indiana, 3-0 10/19/24 West Lafayette, IN
14,126 Nebraska def. Louisville, 3-0 9/22/24 Louisville, KY
14,035 Texas def. Wisconsin, 3-1 9/1/24 Milwaukee, WI
14,035 Stanford def. Minnesota, 3-2
14,022 Nebraska def. Creighton, 3-2 9/6/18 Omaha, NE
13,870 UCLA def. Nebraska, 3-2 9/13/09 Lincoln, NE
13,412 Nebraska def. LSU, 3-0 9/12/08 Lincoln, NE
13,396 Nebraska def. Hawai'i, 3-0 10/21/07 Lincoln, NE
13,081 Cal Poly def. Creighton, 3-0 9/2/07 Omaha, NE
Nebraska def. Penn State, 3-0
13,071 Nebraska def. Maryland, 3-1 11/30/24 College Park, MD
12,760 Louisville def. Kentucky, 3-0 9/13/23 Louisville, KY
12,707 Nebraska def. Michigan, 3-0 10/19/25 Ann Arbor, MI
12,510 Pittsburgh def. Louisville, 3-1 11/27/24 Louisville, KY
12,504 Nebraska def. Colorado, 3-0 11/4/00 Lincoln, NE
12,277 Wisconsin def. Florida, 3-1 9/21/25 Madison, WI
12,112 Nebraska def. Creighton, 3-1 9/24/06 Omaha, NE

Largest Crowds To See The Jays
Sept. 16th marked the fourth time in eight matches at CHI Health Center Omaha that Creighton broke an all-time NCAA attendance record.
In 2007 CU played in front of 13,081 in a match against Cal Poly that was part of a doubleheader. In 2018 CU met Nebraska before 14,022 fans. In 2022, CU welcomed 15,797 fans against Nebraska. And on Sept. 16 the crowd was 17,675.
Below is a list of the largest crowds (and home crowds) in Creighton Volleyball history, which includes four crowds of 10,000 or more this fall.
Creighton's Largest Home Crowds All-Time
Att. Opponent Date CU Result Facility
17,675 #1 Nebraska 09/16/25 L 2-3 CHI Health Ctr.
15,797 #2 Nebraska 09/07/22 L 2-3 CHI Health Ctr.
14,022 #7 Nebraska 09/06/18 L 2-3 CHI Health Ctr.
13,081 #18 Cal Poly 09/02/07 L 0-3 CHI Health Ctr.
12,112 #1 Nebraska 09/24/06 L 1-3 CHI Health Ctr.
11,279 #3 Nebraska 09/08/21 L 0-3 CHI Health Ctr.
10,131 #4 Nebraska 09/15/15 L 0-3 CHI Health Ctr.
8,037 #2 Nebraska 10/05/08 L 0-3 CHI Health Ctr.
2,665 Ole Miss 12/06/24 W 3-0 Sokol
2,658 #4 Louisville 09/12/25 L 1-3 Sokol
2,653 Auburn 12/02/22 L 2-3 Sokol
2,578 #13 Kentucky 09/01/17 W 3-0 Sokol
2,570 DePaul 10/20/24 W 3-0 Sokol
2,569 NC State 08/30/24 W 3-0 Sokol
2,568 Minnesota 12/02/23 W 3-0 Sokol
2,563 Colgate 12/01/23 W 3-0 Sokol
2,554 Northern Iowa 12/05/25 W 3-1 Sokol
2,552 South Dakota 11/30/18 W 3-0 Sokol
2,527 Northern Colorado 12/04/25 W 3-2 Sokol
2,517 Coastal Carolina 12/01/17 W 3-1 Sokol
2,517 South Dakota 12/05/24 W 3-0 Sokol
2,514 #7 Nebraska 08/31/10 L 0-3 Sokol
2,509 #22 Washington 12/01/18 L 0-3 Sokol
2,504 #9 Marquette 11/22/19 W 3-1 Sokol

Creighton Volleyball's Largest Crowds (All Sites)
Att. Opponent Date CU Result Facility
17,675 #1 Nebraska 09/16/25 L 2-3 CHI Health Ctr.
15,797 #2 Nebraska 09.07/22 L 2-3 CHI Health Ctr.
14,022 #6 Nebraska 09/06/18 L 2-3 CHI Health Ctr.
13,081 #18 Cal Poly 09/02/07 L 0-3 CHI Health Ctr.
12,112 #1 Nebraska 09/24/06 L 1-3 CHI Health Ctr.
11,678 vs. #14 Kansas 08/31/25 W 3-2 Kohl Center
11,279 #3 Nebraska 09/08/21 L 0-3 CHI Health Ctr.
10,438 vs. #2 Penn St. 08/23/25 L 0-3 Pinn Bank Arena
10,131 #4 Nebraska 09/15/15 L 0-3 CHI Health Ctr.
10,072 vs. #5 Texas 08/29/25 L 0-3 Kohl Center
8,924 at #5 Nebraska 09/06/23 L 1-3 Devaney Ctr.
8,656 at #4 Nebraska 09/10/24 L 2-3 Devaney Ctr.
8,627 at #5 Nebraska 09/29/02 L 0-3 Devaney Ctr.
8,450 at #2 Nebraska 08/30/19 L 1-3 Devaney Ctr.
8,277 vs. Montana St. 09/16/16 W 3-0 Devaney Ctr.
8,249 at #1 Nebraska 09/17/16 L 1-3 Devaney Ctr.
8,237 vs. #20 Baylor (@NU) 08/31/19 L 0-3 Devaney Ctr.
8,060 at #9 Nebraska 09/17/14 L 1-3 Devaney Ctr.

The Friendly Confines
Creighton had its first unbeaten home season in program history in 2023, going a perfect 13-0 in matches and 39-3 in sets.
Last year CU did even better, going 19-0 and losing just two sets at home.
Though its 32-match win streak was snapped on Sept. 12 against No. 4 Louisville, that still means the Bluejays are 46-1 in its last 47 contests at D.J. Sokol Arena.
All told, Creighton has won 132 of its last 143 home sets at D.J. Sokol Arena.
Creighton's Longest Home Win Streaks
Wins Dates Snapped By
32 Sept. 1, 2023 - Dec. 6, 2024 #4 Louisville, 3-1
15 Sept. 7 - Nov. 30, 2018 #22 Washington, 3-0
13 Sept. 1, 2012 - Sept. 7, 2013 California, 3-0
13 Sept. 9, 2016-Sept. 1, 2017 #18 USC, 3-0

Creighton Introduces New Taraflex Court
Creighton Volleyball introduced a new Taraflex® court at its 2025 regular-season home debut on Sept. 12 against Louisville.
The court was designed by GLGR out of Portland, Ore., in working with Specialty Floors out of Parkville, Mo., representatives of Taraflex Sports.
The new court features a royal blue outline with a feather pattern similar to what is on the Creighton men's basketball court that was unveiled last October at CHI Health Center Omaha. More than 6/10ths of a mile of stencils were used to create the blue feather border that features more than a dozen "Easter eggs" hidden throughout.
The words Creighton and Bluejays flank the end lines in white lettering. The East sideline features the words D.J. Sokol Arena on one side of the court and a BIG EAST Conference logo on the other, both shaded in light blue. The Northeast side of the court, where the team runs in and out when returning to or from the locker room, features the words "Fly Together", while Creighton's popular C-Bird logo adorns the Northwest and Southeast corners of the court
The West sideline features 14 smaller Bluejay bird outlines, seven on each side of the court. Inside those logo decals are years to designate NCAA Tournament appearances, with different colors used to highlight the program's previous trips to the first weekend, Sweet 16 and Elite Eight. Room to add future postseason appearances is available, if necessary.
The middle of the court features a gray outline of a Bluejay bird head. The hue of the two-tone court helps put the focus on the action and will make the players in uniform stand out, in addition to making it easier for officials to discern in/out calls along the sidelines. The matte finish on the court adds to the sharpness.
The perimeter of the court features no less than 14 hidden messages within the design, ranging from Heritage logos to honor Creighton's history, a map of the state of Nebraska, the year Creighton University was founded (1878), the year the Creighton Volleyball program was restarted (1994), and donor acknowledgements.
The court is a FIVB-certified playing surface and is up to the same high standards that it used in international competitions such as the Olympics. The design process for one of the most unique and complex designed courts in the world began in January, with the full painting process taking a little over a month in application and curing.

Against Ranked Foes
After a total of three top-25 wins from 1994-2014, Creighton has earned at least one top-25 win each of the last 11 seasons (2015-25).
Creighton is 32-94 all-time against ranked teams, with 30 wins coming under Kirsten Bernthal Booth and two under Brian Rosen.
The highest ranked teams that Creighton has ever beaten at any site were No. 3 Washington (8/26/17 in Seattle) and No. 3 Kentucky (9/4/21 in Lexington). CU's highest-ranked opponent it has defeated at home was a 3-1 win over then-No. 9 Marquette on Nov. 22, 2019.
This year is the ninth season that CU owned multiple Top-25 victories. The Jays beat three Top 25 teams in 2017, 2022 and 2023, and a record four in 2018, 2019 and 2024.

Top 25 Sweeps
Creighton owns 32 top 25 victories in its history, but its Sept. 21 sweep of Kansas was just its ninth sweep of a ranked foe.
Three of those wins have come against Kansas, another three against Kentucky, two vs. Marquette and one at Purdue.
Creighton's 3-0 Wins vs. Top 25 Teams
Opponent Date
vs. #10 Kentucky 09/05/15
#13 Kentucky 09/01/17
at #7 Kansas 09/09/17
#21 Marquette 09/23/18
at #3 Kentucky 09/04/21
at #16 Purdue 08/26/23
#25 Marquette 11/05/23
at #10 Kansas 09/21/24
#17 Kansas 09/21/25

Top 25 History
Creighton is 260-53 all-time when playing as a ranked team, and also 27-33 all-time against ranked teams when ranked itself. That mark is 4-4 when both Creighton and its opponent are ranked in the top 10.
Since the start of the 2012 season, 48 of Creighton's 82 losses have come against ranked teams. In that same period, Creighton is 339-34 against unranked teams. Creighton has won all but three of its past 135 home matches over unranked teams and all but 13 of its last 200 matches at all sites against unranked teams.
Ranked vs. Ranked (CU is 27-33)
Home: 11-11 Away: 8-13 Neutral: 8-9
Date Winner Loser CU Score
11/19/12 #11 Minnesota #21 Creighton 1-3
08/30/13 #25 Creighton #13 BYU 3-1
09/14/13 #11 UCLA #24 Creighton 1-3
09/16/13 #7 Hawaii #23 Creighton 2-3
08/30/14 #22 Kansas #23 Creighton 1-3
09/03/16 #23 Kentucky #22 Creighton 0-3
12/02/16 #21 Creighton #4 Kansas 3-2
12/09/16 #21 Creighton #17 Michigan 3-2
12/10/16 #5 Texas #21 Creighton 0-3
08/26/17 #9 Creighton #3 Washington 3-1
09/01/17 #7 Creighton #13 Kentucky 3-0
09/02/17 #18 USC #7 Creighton 0-3
09/08/17 #17 Purdue #9 Creighton 1-3
09/09/17 #9 Creighton #7 Kansas 3-0
09/16/17 #19 Iowa State #8 Creighton 2-3
12/12/17 #12 Michigan St. #15 Creighton 1-3
08/24/18 #13 Creighton #5 Kentucky 3-2
08/25/18 #10 USC #13 Creighton 2-3
09/06/18 #7 Nebraska #14 Creighton 2-3
09/15/18 #8 Illinois #10 Creighton 1-3
09/23/18 #10 Creighton #21 Marquette 3-0
10/26/18 #10 Creighton #18 Marquette 3-1
11/24/18 #9 Creighton #16 Marquette 3-1
12/01/18 #22 Washington #9 Creighton 0-3
08/30/19 #2 Nebraska #18 Creighton 1-3
08/31/19 #20 Baylor #18 Creighton 0-3
09/06/19 #23 Creighton #12 Kentucky 3-1
09/07/19 #23 Creighton #15 USC 3-1
09/14/19 #12 Washington #17 Creighton 1-3
10/12/19 #13 Creighton #10 Marquette 3-2
11/22/19 #12 Creighton #9 Marquette 3-1
12/07/19 #7 Minnesota #15 Creighton 2-3
02/05/21 #19 Creighton #25 Marquette 3-2
02/06/21 #25 Marquette #19 Creighton 0-3
09/08/21 #3 Nebraska #19 Creighton 0-3
09/02/22 #17 Creighton #25 USC 3-1
09/03/22 #16 Kentucky #17 Creighton 1-3
09/07/22 #2 Nebraska #17 Creighton 2-3
10/14/22 #21 Creighton #16 Marquette 3-2
11/19/22 #16 Marquette #11 Creighton 0-3
11/26/22 #15 Creighton #14 Marquette 3-2
08/26/23 #18 Creighton #16 Purdue 3-0
09/06/23 #4 Nebraska #16 Creighton 1-3
09/16/23 #14 Creighton #9 Minnesota 3-2
11/05/23 #17 Creighton #25 Marquette 3-0
12/07/23 #7 Louisville #17 Creighton 2-3
09/05/24 #11 Creighton #20 USC 3-1
09/10/24 #5 Nebraska #9 Creighton 2-3
09/15/24 #4 Louisville #9 Creighton 2-3
09/20/24 #9 Creighton #6 Purdue 3-1
09/21/24 #9 Creighton #10 Kansas 3-0
12/13/24 #6 Creighton #13 Texas 3-1
12/15/24 #2 Penn State #6 Creighton 2-3
08/23/25 #2 Penn State #12 Creighton 0-3
08/29/25 #5 Texas #12 Creighton 0-3
08/31/25 #12 Creighton #14 Kansas 3-2
09/07/25 #22 USC #13 Creighton 0-3
09/12/25 #4 Louisville #18 Creighton 1-3
09/16/25 #1 Nebraska #18 Creighton 2-3
09/21/25 #18 Creighton #17 Kansas 3-0

The Defense Never Rests
Creighton has led the country in opponents hitting percentage in two of the last four seasons, doing so in both 2021 (.124) and 2024 (.130).
Creighton is holding foes to .177 this year, a figure that plummeted to .151 in league action.

High FIve
Brian Rosen is Creighton's first volleyball coach since the program's 1994 reinstatement to pick up his first victory in a five set match, as Ben Guiliano, Howard Wallace and Kirsten Bernthal Booth's first wins all came in 3-0 sweeps.
Record in 5-Set Matches
Coach Years Set 5 W-L
Ben Guiliano 1994-1996 2-10
Howard Wallace 1997-2002 13-18
Kirsten Bernthal Booth 2003-2024 70-42
Brian Rosen 2025-Pres. 4-1

Twice For Breissinger
Junior defensive specialist Sydney Breissinger helped Creighton erase a 3-0 deficit in the fifth set on Aug. 31 vs. Kansas, serving up a 9-0 run that helped the Bluejays take the lead for good. She also served a 9-0 run in the fourth set vs. San Diego on Sept. 5.
Breissinger's heroics were eerily similar to the 9-0 serving run she had in the fifth set on Sept. 16, 2023 in a win over No. 9 Minnesota. That win over the Gophers had been CU's last previous five-set win.
Since enrolling at Creighton in 2023, Breissinger owns 54 service runs of five or longer, easily the most of any Bluejay.

154 Weeks As A Ranked Team
Creighton was ranked 11th in the December 1st edition of the AVCA poll, the 154th time in program history it's been ranked and its best mark all season long. That's 37th-most of all programs in NCAA history.
All 154 rankings have occurred since 2012.
The Bluejays are one of 11 schools (along with Baylor, Kentucky, Louisville, Nebraska, Penn State, Pitt, Purdue, Stanford, Texas and Wisconsin) to have been ranked each of the last 77 polls.
Creighton's 77 weeks in a row being ranked dates began on Sept. 6, 2021 and sets a program-record, breaking the previous-high of 64 from Oct. 31, 2016 to March 15, 2021.

Preseason Ranking
Creighton was ranked 12th in the AVCA preseason poll on Aug. 7th. It was the 11th time in the past 13 years that the Jays have been ranked in the preseason, and fourth year in a row.
The No. 12 slotting tied last year's team for the second-best preseason ranking in program history, trailing only the 2017 team that was ranked ninth.
Over the previous 17 seasons, 315-of-425 teams (74.1 percent) of teams have been in both the preseason and final polls, and in the 18 seasons from 2008-2025, 408-of-450 teams (90.7 percent) in the preseason top-25 polls would go on to reach the NCAA Tournament, as all but preseason No. 17 Missouri and No. 24 Dayton reached the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
This year marks the 14th straight season that CU has been ranked at least one week, extending a program record.
Year Preseason Rank Final W-L Final Rank
2013 25th 23-9 NR
2014 23rd 25-9 NR
2016 18th 27-9 9th
2017 9th 26-7 16th
2018 13th 29-5 13th
2019 18th 25-6 16th
2020 16th 12-4 NR
2022 18th 27-5 21st
2023 18th 29-5 15th
2024 12th 32-3 5th
2025 12th TBD TBD

Production Returns
Creighton returns 11-of-19 letterwinners to the court from last season, including three starters.
From last year's team, Norah Sis, Elise Goetzinger, Kendra Wait, Abbey Milner, Maddy Bilinovic, Audrey Clark, Katie Maser and Emma Ziegler are not back.
All told, of the seven categories listed below, Creighton returns 294.5 of a possible 700% back (42.1 percent), the smallest amount returning since it headed into Howard Wallace's final season in 2002.
Below is a breakdown of the production that is back:
Stat Returners Departures
Assists 119 (7.6%) 1,450 (92.4%)
Aces 115 (51.3%) 109 (48.7%)
Digs 598 (35.7%) 1,076 (64.3%)
Points 1,115.5 (50.2%) 1,107.0 (49.8%)
Kills 843 (50.1%) 841 (49.9%)
Matches Started 104 (49.5%) 106 (50.5%)
Blocks 157.5 (50.1%) 157.0 (49.9%)

One Tough Schedule
Of Creighton's 12 non-conference matches, seven were against ranked teams and three others against programs that received votes in the preseason AVCA Top 25 poll.
Creighton is the only team in the preseason Top 25 with 10 or more non-conference matches against teams getting votes, as Texas and TCU are next-closest with eight each.

No Losers Here
Creighton has been as good as anyone at avoiding losses in recent seasons.
Creighton and Pittsburgh are the nation's only teams with five losses or less in the 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 seasons.
If you go back two years more, the nation's only teams to lose six times or less in the 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 seasons are also Creighton and Pittsburgh.
Creighton is also the only school nationally who have won 25 matches or more in every season between 2014-25 (not counting the 2020 COVID-19 year, when CU only played 16 times).

Survival of the Fittest
Since the move to rally scoring in 2001, Creighton has won 10 matches when surviving a match point and lost four contests when holding a match point of its own.
Surviving Match Points Since 2001
Date Opponent MP(s) Faced Final Set 5
09/27/02 Evansville 13-14, 14-15 19-17
08/30/03 vs. McNeese State 13-14, 15-16 18-16
10/10/03 Wichita State 13-14 16-14
10/13/06 at Wichita State 12-14, 13-14, 14-15 17-15
09/11/07 at Drake 13-14, 14-15 17-15
08/26/11 vs. UTSA 12-14, 13-14 16-14
11/16/12 at Wichita State 13-14 16-14
09/20/15 Kansas State 23-24 (4th set) 15-13
11/20/15 at Georgetown 23-24, 26-27 (4th set) 15-7
08/24/18 vs. #5 Kentucky 16-15, 19-18 22-20

Tournament Tested
Creighton has played multiple matches in 30 tournaments since the start of the 2021 calendar year, and won 20 of them.
Keep in mind that when Kirsten Bernthal Booth was hired in 2003, Creighton had been 17-33 in 15 regular-season tournaments all-time, with just one tournament title (the 2000 Iowa State Heritage Classic).
CU's Multi-Match Tournaments Since Jan. 1, 2021
Year Event CU Record (Place)
2021 BIG EAST Tournament 2-0 (1st)
2021 Mizzou Invitational 3-0 (1st)
2021 Bluegrass Battle 3-0 (1st)
2021 Bluejay Invitational 3-0 (1st)
2021 Shocker Volleyball Classic 3-0 (1st)
2021 BIG EAST Tournament 2-0 (1st)
2021 NCAA Tournament 1-1 (T-17th)
2022 Rumble in the Rockies 3-0 (1st)
2022 Bluejay Invitational 2-1 (2nd)
2022 Omaha Invitational 2-0 (1st)
2022 Rice adidas Invitational 1-1 (2nd)
2022 BIG EAST Tournament 2-0 (1st)
2023 Reamer Club Xtra Special Premier 2-1 (1st)
2023 Bluejay Invitational 3-0 (1st)
2023 MN Hospitality Omaha Challenge 2-0 (1st)
2023 Diet Coke Challenge 2-0 (1st)
2023 BIG EAST Tournament 2-0 (1st)
2023 NCAA Tournament 2-1 (T-9th)
2024 Bluejay Invitational 3-0 (1st)
2024 Creighton Classic 2-0 (1st)
2024 Cardinal Classic 2-1 (2nd)
2024 Jayhawk Classic 2-0 (1st)
2024 BIG EAST Tournament 2-0 (1st)
2024 NCAA Tournament 3-1 (T-5th)
2025 Opening Spike Classic 1-1 (T-2nd)
2025 Trojan Invitational 2-1 (2nd)
2025 Bluejay Invitational 2-1 (2nd)
2025 Creighton Classic 2-0 (1st)
2025 BIG EAST Tournament 2-0 (1st)
2025 NCAA Tournament 2-0 so far

Jays Earn Tourney Titles
Creighton has won at least one tournament each of the last 14 seasons, a streak that dates to 2012.
During that span, the Bluejays have won 37 tournament titles, not to mention 12 regular-season league crowns.
Creighton has also now won at least one home tournament each of the last nine seasons.
Creighton's Tournament Titles Since 2012
Year Titles Won Tourney Hosts
2012 3 USF, UNC, MVC
2013 1 BGSU
2014 1 CU, BIG EAST
2015 1 BIG EAST
2016 1 BIG EAST
2017 4 WASH, CU, KU, BIG EAST
2018 3 SMU, CU, BIG EAST
2019 2 UNI, CU
2020 1 BIG EAST
2021 5 MIZZ, UK, CU, WSU, BIG EAST
2022 3 WYO, UNO, BIG EAST
2023 5 Purdue, CU, UNO, MINN, BIG EAST
2024 4 CU, CU, KU, BIG EAST
2025 2 CU, BIG EAST

2-0 Better Than 0-2
Creighton is 440-11 (.976) all-time when leading a match 2-0, and 161-1 (.994) all-time at D.J. Sokol Arena when up 2-0 at the break.
Per RichKern.com, Division I teams that won the first two sets won 94.9 percent of their matches from 2014-23.
Creighton has won 127 matches in a row when taking a 2-0 lead.
Conversely, the Jays are 17-211 (.075) all-time when trailing a match 0-2. Those 17 comebacks in program history from down 0-2 are listed below.
Date Opponent Sets 3-5 scores Coach
09/19/97 at Bradley 15-11, 15-13, 15-8 Wallace
10/01/99 at Drake 15-6, 17-15, 15-11 Wallace
09/03/04 vs. Montana 30-20, 30-21, 15-11 Booth
10/15/04 at Bradley 30-22, 30-23, 15-11 Booth
10/15/05 at So. Illinois 30-25, 30-24, 15-8 Booth
09/21/07 at No. Iowa 31-29, 30-26, 15-12 Booth
11/16/12 at Wichita St. 25-16, 25-20, 16-14 Booth
09/05/14 vs. No. Iowa 25-16, 25-22, 15-5 Booth
11/08/14 at Butler 25-16, 25-20, 15-13 Booth
09/20/15 Kansas State 25-23, 26-24, 15-13 Booth
10/09/15 DePaul 25-21, 25-12, 15-11 Booth
11/20/15 at Georgetown 30-28, 26-24, 15-7 Booth
10/13/17 Butler 25-21, 25-23, 15-9 Booth
10/18/18 Xavier 25-17, 25-17, 15-13 Booth
01/31/21 at So. Dakota 25-20, 25-23, 15-7 Booth
10/07/22 at UConn 25-15, 25-12, 15-13 Booth
10/14/22 #16 Marquette 25-19, 25-16, 15-8 Booth

Set 1 Result A Strong Indicator
Creighton has gone 187-6 in its last 193 matches at all sites when winning the first set, compared to a 18-26 record in that same span when dropping the opener.
Creighton has gone 219-4 (.982) in its last 223 matches against unranked foes when winning the opening set.
Per RichKern.com, Division I teams that lost the first set won just 20.3 percent of their matches from 2014-23.
Since Aug. 29, 2010, Creighton has gone 181-6 in its last 187 home matches when taking a 1-0 lead, losing only to Pacific (Sept. 12, 2015), No. 7 Nebraska (Sept. 6, 2018), South Dakota (Jan. 29, 2021), No. 16 Kentucky (Sept. 3, 2022), Auburn (Dec. 2, 2022) and No. 4 Louisville (Sept. 12, 2025).
The Jays have won their last 45 of their last 46 home matches following a first set victory.

Against NCAA Tournament Qualifiers
This year's team has played 13 matches against teams that made the 2024 NCAA Tournament with contests against Marquette (3x), Nebraska, Kansas (2x), Northern Iowa (2x), Louisville, USC, Texas, Penn State and Northern Colorado.
Year W-L vs. Previous Season NCAA Teams
1994 0-4
1995 0-2
1996 0-2
1997 0-3
1998 0-5
1999 2-4
2000 0-4
2001 1-6
2002 0-5
2003 0-3
2004 2-2
2005 0-6
2006 4-6
2007 4-9
2008 6-8
2009 1-11
2010 4-7
2011 2-6
2012 8-3
2013 6-6
2014 4-5
2015 11-5
2016 10-7
2017 8-6
2018 8-5
2019 5-4
2020 3-1
2021 3-1
2022 5-4
2023 11-3
2024 9-3
2025 8-5 so far
TOTAL 124-150
TOTAL Before Booth 3-35
TOTAL Under Booth 113-110
TOTAL Under Rosen 8-5

#11 Volleyball Faces #8 Arizona State For Spot in Elite Eight

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Maddy Bilinovic

Eloise Brandewie

Sydney Breissinger

Audrey Clark

Saige Damrow

Elise Goetzinger

Alivia Hausmann

Abbey Hayes

Jaya Johnson

Ivy Leuck

Annalea Maeder

Ava Martin

Katie Maser

Sky McCune

Abbey Milner

Destiny Ndam-Simpson

Kiara Reinhardt

Norah Sis

Ava TeStrake

Kendra Wait

Nora Wurtz

Emma Ziegler